Koford Journal 23 February 1964 Santa Cruz, Galapagos formerly more optimistic, covering all of hill called Camote to south. Improved weather prediction would help them much. Their ranch 140 hectares. Area of about 20 km. Lately on mt., 5 km. N+S, girl, andable. Alf thier earth worms come in often clearing & changed soil, making muddier. Guayacillo & other noxious shrubs increasing in area. Thought room for many more people on Santa Cruz. Food from Acad. Bay would help market crops. Pasturine used for fuel & building boards; matogens for uprights and beams. / Mrs. H., pipe fish avocados. 24 February 1964. W. Sigwart, Pyle, + 3 others, hiked to Tortoise country on Table Mtn.; about 2 1/2 hrs. on up & down trail through shrubby waste & cut-over lands. One new clove w. corn planted. A DePion frame of supposed schoolhouse, w. little clearing left. To find unclaimed land, opper. love to hike or bow out from Bella Vista. Thirdly tree, about 20', little cut-grass & scoleria, + we came out on mostly open green grassland, shot grazed, with scattered pools (agola? covered) and lusher. This was foot of Table Mtn. Cattle tracks & sign common. Once sawelly heard drums or goat, the new name of these first anim- als. / Ducks with 6+ downy young on 2 ponds. Ducks flopped away on pond as if could not take off; opper. distractoi dis- play. Then ducklings, which had been undermother & paili wed covered pond, appeared, settling & ducked under weeds again. / we saw 2 rails in flight among shrubs. Vermillion flycatchers occasional. / Visited edge of a hole about 500 yds. wide + 50' deep, w. pure grassy area 100 yds. across in bottom. Saw