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and the other a little alone, about 2 Sherman
in brushy rocky places along river, night clear.
July 29 Clouded up during night. My traps caught 1 P.
darwini, alcedon bolivensis, and colomys spp x Total 8.
Between Challuana and Purquico, saw only two herds of
vicunas (both together and united with grazing alpacas
and llamas). Between Purquico and Uzoa there were
numerous herds near the "Vicuna Refugio" (July 30).
Camped among huge rocks, toda, grass etc at
2 miles east of Purquico and about 1000 ft above it.
A few hundred yards below our camp there is
an abrupt change to large bunches of various kinds,
spiny or red-tubular flowered etc, very similar to my
memory of Phyllostis megister habitat near Tarata.
Pest out about 24 Sherman in good brushy-rocky
habitat, and 15 ± centrap in more open rocky-
sav places. Night clear.
July 30 Barely frosty. My traps held 1 colomys soroline?!,
1 alodon bolivensis, and 1 Phyllostis darwini? - Andy and
Dymon caught Colomys and Phyllostis older. Some of the
Phyllostis are huge, but look more like darwini than
megister. Patagona gigas is here. I don't recall anywhere
where altiplano changes so abruptly to brush as
here - within a few hundred yards.
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Interminable switchbacks and rocky road from Purquico
to a desert camp between Uzoa & La. Losing oil through
night near grease seal.