Koford Journal- 24 January 1964. Late, indefatigable Galapagos is. shores; sometimes in groups 6+. Tidal range about 5' with 3/4 gibbous moon. Some protected baylets. Old tortoise lover here & there, + very old whole shell. Mangrove cropped to brown line 6' up, by hurrises + goats presumably. We started land about 3 p.m., on bonderstrum level ground, among tree open- ias, cacton, hurrisia trees. Goat droppings everywhere - nearly a meter of ground without, but presumably slow to decompose. a tortoise shell found 3 yrs. ago, + then old, still had plates on it. about 1/2 mile inland, Monego found nest with dead newly hatched young, runnified. Later I found, 14 meters from this; nest with fresh eggs - about 9, which Henderson sketched, photod, + collected for hatching at station. Nest siter on open ground, where some goat trodded, in red soil. Found by noting slightly raised spot with plastered appearance. Heard goats + lambs at night near camp; saw none by day. Mod. druggy + 1 hr. rain at night. 25 January 1963. More search in area for tortoise nests. Found on a tail an area of several old nests + empty old eyg shell - evidently return to same site again & again. We found shell of killed female (cut plastron) with notch marks; M. said he marked it about 3 months ago. According to M, nests in slightly low flat zones with large spaces (2' +) between black lava boulders, + there areas are limited. If freedom from overbid vegetation important, goats may improve cover for tortoise nesting. Mocking birds corona + tame; many groszizids - one building nest between