PEARSON 1955 this line springy safety. Then drove back to Jina for greasejob, supplies and news of Bahn. Aug.26 Fri. Spent the night at Maria and in the fog at 6:30 am picked up the steel traps I had left for micebars. Nothing in them. But discovered a museum special that I had missed before, and with a live limatrus in it! Back to Jina because the owner papers for truck weren't ready yesterday. Went to museum and saw more Koflde specimens, including from west slopes in northern Peru, a porenspine, an antetor, and a skunk with wooly hair. Also Tayra and also a tiny ext-esting skunks from the coast. Then visited the anthropology museum and finally got my owners papers at 6 p.m. Drove to Cosica for supper and for the night. Aug.27 Up the hill. Opossum squashed on road at 7500ft (muiscana). Highest Schinios tree was 8700 ft., but scarce before then, and none at my 8300 ft. trapping place. According to Koflde the other common valley trees are Salix, acacia, and thorny algoroba (Prosopis?). Stopped for lunch at the Instituto Andino in Morococha with Dr.Hurtado, Dr.Tulio Valenzques, and Hermann Bahn, then to between Oroya and Jauja for the night. Raining. Tried the Rio Mantaro in 3 places for fish but no luck. Aug.28 A little ice overnight. A dreary morning of bumps, jolts and mudboards. Lunch probably somewhere near Salinajorada between Huaraz and Ayacucho at 10,000 ft. (The Huaraz-