■ cry goal fofljy^^ around SO^eaoh night and one clear sunny day it 
reached 54° ♦ 4 wfflBftriBfciany davs the clouds wcmw down over the mountain and we could 
not see our way to collect ♦ 
0*<- 
each morning ravens iwwti#. pass*" over our 
camp flying north^ In spite of the foggy weather and other adverse weather condi- 
tions we added materially to the collection while in this region* 
After pur futile trapping; for northern flying sauirrels in the balsam. 
and spruce forests, we moved our traps down to an altitude of 5500 feet and lower 
in the birch woods, obtaining one after several days of trapping 
Wo w^i^gfiifil for about a week yqj Clinch 
> where the forest consists of second and third growth pine and 
dwoodsj^^ 
i 
We made a f airHrepre sent at ive collection here* 
le returned to the Mississippi 'Lowlands,* the first week in October 
s of the Fall migration in the cotton \ rowdns: districts* . - t 
Considering the urinc^ weather which handicaps 
results, ,jfe sr>fent about a week in the tobacco growing section of Clarksville . 
collecting, we obtained good 
north of Nashville near the Kentucky line, making: collections alon??: the Cumberland 
River which is one of the few rivers flowing north in the United States. 
On November 1 we moved to Pay e 1 1 esville, south of Nashville, collect in| 
in" the farming sections of Lincoln and Giles Counties* A great part -of this 
section is rocky, covered with scrub cedar and cacti. I have never seen rice 
rats and crows more abundant than in this area. 
Af bur a fruitful ten days here 
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•to learner 'Washington* 
