hurt road not bad. Ended up at a prospecting lodge of American drilling Co, complete with electricity etc. Had coffee, [illegible] for gorging then retraced our way up the hill and camped among Festuca at 13,700. Dec 10 Anita caught 2 Phyllostus in her trap & Skinned them back to the Miquegua-Tutupaca road. Quite a few quema trees in the 13-14,000 foot zone. Then some very extensive stone fields with much yarreta - more yarretta than I have seen elsewhere. At 14,400 ft. Misc. stubbles of Festuca orthophylla appeared, and clearings duggins where the soil was sandy or gravelly. Saw one trio of Tringoptera anita shot one through the leg. It ran on a considerable slope but did not fly. It thrashed around on the ground and allowed me to catch it. Arrived at the little sulfur-smelting village of Tutupaca on the edge of Lago Duche about 2 o'clock. Met by Juan Pulgar, the foreman - Want driving with him 1/2 hrs along the road to see if Burc could make a step grade on the way to Pacts Grande. Before we got to the grade, however, he decided we could not attempt. Had supper with him and camped in the village + Flamingoes, ducks and giant coots (and their floating nests) on the lake. Surrounding hills Festuca orthophylla. The sulfur duggins are up on the slope of Tutupaca about 1/2 hrs by track at 17,000ft+ Sr. Pulgar has lived here 9 yrs and had some interesting remarks in a long post-dinner discussion of zoology, politics and economics. He has never seen a wildling yarreta nor a young