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Part of Sioux County, June 17-July 2, 1911

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passed, but I awakened suddenly and
moved away from there. In the dark
I shook the ants from my blanket and
night-gown, plucked a few skirmish-
ers from my calves and shoulder-
blades, and selected another site
farther up. This was not so level,
and as ea preceution I brought a dead
vine bough to use as a wedge under
ny low side, and soon composed my-
self for rest.- quite successfully
this time, except that on two or
three occasions I was awakened by |
skidding downward a few feet, which
would necessitate readjustment of
the wedge and rearrengement of my
blanket before [ could resume. On
the whole, it was quite satisfac-
tory, and much better than sleeping
ina bed. I allude, however, to
thet portion of the night follow- *®
ing the ant episode, whieh I found
annoying. |



Neary head af Menvoe Canyon

At break of dey I was suddenly awakened by something landing on my feet,
on my knees, stomach, breast, and bang in my face - a series of five nicely
spaced leaps covering a grand totel of five feet seven inches in two-fifths
of a second. Naturally I sat up
with some alacrity to ascertain
just who had done such a thing,
but the whole canyon side was
serene. The pines spread their
fingers overhead, the logs and rocks
were quite impassive, and not a
beast was visible excepting a lone
pinion jay who was studying me, and
he nearly fell off the pereh in his
amazement. My first impression was
that it must have been a bob-cat,
but careful reasoning led me to con-
clude that the volant intervals were
too brief, and the impact rather

_ * light withal; so in the shattering

& ‘of this hypothesis I was forced to
conelude that it was a chipmunk.
However, I woke up, and started
another day, during which I selected
a bed-room and moved my cot into it.



Aexvoss Monroe Canyen Ffrem east ridge Beowsse rm valley