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Murray
1948
Journal
May 24 Las Cuevas, 23° 34' N, 109° 39' W, Baja Caly.
another, very large cave, with a domed
high chamber and then a passage tapering
back. At the rear were many Macrothrix
californicus, apparently the only species
present.
We caught a total of 53 Natalus mexicanus
mostly females, and 27 Myotis velifer.
Traveling west, drove up a gentle
flat slope of the usual dry brush to a
place called El Carrizalito. Here is a
large partly completed building which
was meant to be a tuberculosis
sanitarium until work stopped years
ago. As it stands, is brick and plaster
walls without completed doors or
windows, and watched by a caretaker.
He is permitting us to camp in a part
of the ground floor.
May 24 El Carrizalito, 1400 ft, 5 mi N Santiago, Baja Caly.
At this location we look out over a great
expanse of the countryside, mostly flat
and cut by the Arroyo Santiago running
out to The Sea just visible in the east.
Nearer and to the west the Arroyo Divisio
joins it. There is a steep hillside just
above us, thickly bristling with large
granite boulders. The vegetation is