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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