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Myers
Phil
1973
Journal
133
25km S Puerto Iguazee by Rd, Dept Misiones, Argentina,
30Jul"Iguazee" may also be spelled "Iguazu". This was
strictly a tourist trip to see the falls. Bus picked up
a road killed anteater, in the middle space of the
large Pines & Araucaria plantations that line the
road. Rotter took only head & nothing to measure
with. The 'forest', where there is forest is tall,
dense rainforest. Lots of leanas & lianeweed.
Very wet, cool, &veriest. Temp in 60's,
40's at night. Fog.
20 km N Altos by rd, Dept Cordillera, Paraguay
5July. Estancia "La Susana", belongs to Zavala, who lives
in Asuncion. Encargado is Julio. The ranch is
in the rolling hill country, near Tobati'. To reach
it one goes San Bernardino & Hitos, then the cutoff
to Aguay. At Loma Grande turn rt, & 8 kms late,
the rd ends at La Susana. Old estancia, now
used for raising horses for the military. Between 1948-1965
not well cared for, & much quo back to bush. But in
the last 2 years has been intensively cropped.
1600 Ha, 1000 hd of cattle which Zavala consults
about vaccum. Horses, sheep, goat, a few boar.
Jag fruit & sugar cane plantation - banana,
pineapple, citrus, papaya guava, etc. Mandioca.
The forest is mostly broken into islands
surrounded by grassland. Some marshy
wetdry. Low rocky ridge, dry sandy rock.