Field notes, v1523
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Nov. 11 a few sprinkles during the night, but mostly clear. Temps. nowhere near down to freezing. Morning partly overcast. The lakes here include Berberis and greenbough spicessissa, some of them drenched with "dead" Matiscia. Quita's traps held 1 abalone long and mine held 4 abalones longs and 1 nasty tempestuous Crying. Chingdogs are singing, and Col Aural. Last year the when we arrived the Chingdogs were quiet because of a cold spell. Talked with a precious old gabebo who lives in a hut near our tent with his 2 dogs and chickens. Showed him also longi and he said there are lots of them around "under stones"; also a smaller mouse and a big water rat (mentioned by other people also). He did not respond to my descriptions of Sextodephyx, says we are at the edge Jones' Estancia. In the early afternoon went up to the rock outcrops north of camp and set 30 museum specials with cornmeal and a dozen dry Sherman, most in crevices and little caves. No viscous droffing seen; only droffings seen were old Ratthor? at edge of cliff. Coming home across field of bumbgrove and never saw a cluster of Rattloron holes. Put a drift fever around it and plastered it with museum specials and Shermans. Later, set two muskies for tacos and two Museum Specials for Rattlorons. The tacos were within a clump of nevero and an Artemisia-liko shrub. They led to several-signs stems of the latter. Although the ants here catch lots of tacos, we have seen no fresh diggings.