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P. PEARSON
1952
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April 29 10:30 SW Hurricane, 13, 900' ft. Temp at 6:30, 23°; 1 p.m. 60°. For other temps see log/document. One twin in traps, 3 spring, 1 south fin first. Anita got 2 others under Spanish and took record temperatures. Left 1 p.m., worked fishing river, caught great short of line.
April 30 Drove to Puno for shopping and fixing wheel alignment, then to Duffy's in Jujaca after supper.
May 1 Shopping in Puno, then off towards Pucartambo. Stopped for lunch just below Pucara'. Dozens of 11" trout visible in the river, and one monster swam off as we approached. In 2 feet of water, middle of 150' river he made a wade that washed up on the shore. We found a dead, recently-spear'd, 31" trout in the water, and Anita caught 2 11-incher's. Several Indians were hand-fishing, and a squadron of 8 equipped with spears, band nets, and spears were working downstream and had caught several 2 footers and at least one bigger one.
Caught between again - Santa Rosa, 12,900' in a hay field. Not bunch-grass, but a real field in which hay had recently been cut. Must be the monster east-side already. The women is late charge species at about Pucara' - on the flat, wild, cuyeo type. Evening calm, warmish, partly cloudy.
Duffy's say that many althplero Indians have moved down to the lowlands but that they did like flies. Their TB, for nothing catches up with them. Others are unbothered and come back home. Many Indians actually own their body but in each generation this spelled out