Field notes, v1522
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and 2 abedor, autos in sniftstrahe hob 1 Phylloto and 2 Colonys, Parrots feeding on mollé. Bained all day. Biting sand flies yesterday and today. Aug.25 Cloudy over-night. Left at 8 a.m. and drove all day, grounds at 9:30, camped between Chimborazo and Andahuaylas at 7:45 p.m. miserable road. Crossed two ichu-covered "plateaus" without much grazing. no alpacas or llamas, some horses, cows, sheep. Lots of arid scrubby country. Chimborazo valley & fields still charming; it is the site of my earlier photo of cottage & poplars & mountains. Camped after dark. Aug 26 Wolf in a pasture in a drizzly fog. Left early and drove through mist & clouds for a couple of hours then over to third icuenter range, then camped alaway about 2 pm; saw flies at river, then up to the 4th cumbre. magnificent mountains. Camped at dusk overlooking a pueblo in a deep valley (Cachara) and with snow-capped mountains above.