Murray 1949 62 Journal May 13 4 mi N La Paz, S.L., Baja California. We drove into La Paz hoping to have additional money waiting for us. However a mixup had occured and we will have to stay around for several days. Dr. Benson is getting a letter from the governor here similar to the one from the north, which has been the key to numerous courtesies on the trip. Drove north along the beach after dark and camped on the shore. May 14 Same location We picked a good spot - so good that the Presidente is having a fine home built right beside us. He was there first so we moved a little way down the beach and set up camp. This is a flat sandy break in the hills which in most places run down to the shore. It is irregularly covered with salicornia and a form of mesembrianthemum The hills are rocky - most small but with several areas of fair sized boulders. There is a very dry growth of sotillo, matacora, copale, ironwood, lumboi, candelilla, a little mesquite and some other brush forms, with cardon, cholla, pitahaya dulce, pitahaya agria. Set out 50 live traps on the slope NE of