Field notes, v1502
Page 183
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Murray 1948 57 Journal May 10 San Jose de Comondu, 700 ft., Baja California. 1. Leptonycteris Which had flown out of the cave and was flying around in the space just outside. Inside were numerous Bassariscus droppings and one dried body. Growing on the cliff and the slope just below we found wild fig, lumbai, copal, pitahaya dulce, ocotillo, cholla, prickly pear, garambullo, matacora, agave, palo blanco, echinocactus, frutilla and others unidentified. We saw Bassariscus droppings among the rocks. C This town seems to thrive mostly on fig orchards, with date palms, pomegranates, mango, papayas and other fruits, along with the usual field crops. A narrow stream runs down the center of the canyon but with less volume of water than in comparable towns In the afternoon packed up and left, driving first through San Miguel de Comondu, then on down the deep narrow canyon Which was cultivated and full of trees for several miles. Farther along it was mesquites and other green shrubs, then broadened out into a particularly desolate sort of wash with a few half