P. PEARSON 1952 SE of town. Drone back into the tola and camped near the rests. April 3 Shot the 2 birds on the nest last night, plus 3 others. Dissected etc until noon, then drove as far as Denetua for the night. Hail storm about 7. Saw an ant at km 104, [illegible] 14,300ft, in early afternoon. There is some cultivation of what looked like a kind of potato around Pogo Salacocha, 13,700 ft. April 4 Visited Duffie in Juliaca, then drove to Puno April 5 Shopping in Puno, then camped between Puno + Juli. Harvest time along the lake: grain, quinoa, potatoes. Rain after supper. April 6 Juli to Hacienda Locolaco. The quinoa in the Juli- Potato region almost all harvested but much still standing between Puno and Ancoillani. The little bow plant with sorel-like leaves is now - quite colorful when nearly ripe. Morning cloudy early, then scattered clouds. Afternoon mostly clear. Some rain in morning. Road from Puno to Pichupichuni marvellable - complete with stone km. markers. Muddy, rocky, and grass-grown. Soot two pampas at Pichupichuni. Camped at one of these after meeting the Yugoslav at Locolaco. He did not distinguish between two + guinea pigs, and had 3 trains with pickles dig out a guinea pig form. April 7 Morning clear, scattered clouds in p.m. TIME TEMP HUMID. 6 am 25° 6:30 25 62% 7:30 37 70 8:15 38 57 9:30 46 46 10:30 53 30 11:30 59 16 12:30 61 25 (scattered clouds) 2:00 pm - 57° 3 58 25 " 4 58 25 " 5 53 33 " 6 44 47 7 44 34 clear 8 43 33 (feeling clouds) (scattered clouds)