hiood sucking hats over here to molest mules and stock gener- 
allye The day was at dusk I hunted cilmayrne in the 
Yueal. I saw one at a longe range an@ fired at it but did 
Saph 
‘@ saw another a long way off. 
rr 
rt 
not 
Oct 16th Went up early to the Yucal but saw no Gcilmayrus dose brought 
euneomrs from the cocoa field and a sad tale of two steel 
traps sprung and only hair in them. Caught 5 euneomys all have 
shotter tails than those of Toronto. I went to the Yucal at 
4 pem» and waited till dusk but saw only one cilmaymus. This 
4 en 
one came out only a few vards and sat on his branches for a 
ima loc 
ca 
the bush. very day we have 
cilmayan runways sprung but none hate 
—o in DY en +o opin he ay } AO ay a cn te a “Se ok te oe . sats ate Oe 
ware Toeday a laborer brought me a fresh sking of an opssum 
Shes was the only dmyvest day we have had here cloudy with onl 
oy 
misty rain all day. 
hard all morninge Caught no cilmayrus 
a few more enneomys in the rat trapse I went with 2 Mayardomos 
Yucals where there were cilmayrus runways and set 
ant F. Lae 
‘. oe it, i, gees reste f srgyee oy a ie ’ iat ts —, ‘ | io Vn a 
3 SAWS £), CGOYY Gah VJ 2 ¢: Cbd. * axet ' enelo pe in the pi ish 
ranch he 
Another all 
soon as the ra: stopne > CGilmayrus unsprunge 
must have a good eye for hard ground and refuse to step 
the ground has been disturbed above the buried traps for 
natives could not 
shoot them at 3 £4 ranges. “hose I have seen gaze about in- 
tently when they came out of the Yuea fields and scem to depend, 
on their sight to delect an enemy. I caught s ht brown 
Geyrzomrs which looks different from the others I have secured. 
to-day of a vinacenous and blue color . 
supolies from Gllantaybamba. 
Oct 19th The mo.ning was cloudy but rainlesse I went to the Yucal for 
Gilmayrus but a heavy rain spoiled out hunte I saw one small 

