Field notes, v1519
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etc. and put out half a bag of traps, Full moon. Sept 2 3 Hefferings in traps. Then down to Puente Canyoe at 6200 ft. Between 8:00 and [illegible] a few hundred feet above the river, perhaps 6500 ft., passed not a single house. This scrubby zone seems to be little utilized except by great grazing. Near the river then there is sugar cane, yucca, etc. Passenger from Puente Canyoe to Suga; his radiator had been smashed in collision night before. Then off again and drone until after dark. Crossed Lo Roca Pass (14,200 ft.) by moonlight, good ichn country, and camped at Santa Rosa (de Aguirre), 12,800 ft., in ichn. Put out a little more than half a bag of traps along a good stone wall. Temp. +5°. Drone bike road from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., with about an hour out for skiing and an hour for photography. Covered from an hour north of the Rio Aguirre to Santa Rosa. Want to make Julica before the post office closes for the weekend. Sept 3 Traps had 2 straggler osilos. Mothera fishing all around. came Julica about 10:30 a.m. Spent day cleaning up, fishing etc. SUNDAY Sept 4 Julica-Puno. Camped near stone on Tacna road. Lightning + thunder in evening Sept 5 About an inch of snow overnight and some rain. Couldn't get out of my camping place because of mud, so wrote letters for an hour or two waiting for sun; than it started to grow again so did not get to reach and build a road (2 hours) to get back to the "highway"; Then came photography in a small field.