Field notes, v1502
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Murray 19487 7 Journal Apr 11 Punta San Felipe, 50+ ft., Baja California. Just before sunrise, from our beds we could see a coyote skulking around, tail tucked between legs, about 50 yards away. He was probably investigating the carcass of a coyote thrown there previously. Dr. Benson tried to get a shot at him but he had already become frightened. Dug around in the sand at camp, hoping to find another Anniella but got nothing more than a beetle for my pains. 3 boys from the village just came along and left us a 3 lb. corbina, a cod-like fish which seems to be the main catch at the village this time of year. Later they returned and sold us a sack full of mullet for one peso. From 11 AM to 2 PM Davis, Quast and I hunted through the flat desert section over the hill and northwest of here. Essentially it is made up of three types of terrain; much of it sand with creosote, encelia, ocotillo, and an occasional copal tree. Other parts have a solid pack of small rock and quite a bit of palo verde, along with more encelia and several uniden- tified bushes - considerably more vegetation in all. There is also some sandy wash