Field notes, v1524
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Andrés Barolo 17:46-51, 1949, P4g "En el centro del ventiquero encontramos una gran cantidad de cadáveres de ratones, restos de una emigración en curso cuando florecía la coya colilúe." Vanzara said The glacier had retreated since 1949. They went up the right (eastern) side of the glacier past a lake, and "millions of Oryzomy longicaudata." The rats were Turn apart by the ice - a whole tail, a whole foot, etc., and covered an area about 50m. on a side. See map next page. August 1xTA. Left about 11:30 for the INTA research station at (Vazquey en Vieja, arrival about 1:30 and put out the gird. Although the weather in Barolo has been perfect for weeks (sunny, little wind), it rascal about 1/2 inch at 1xTA on about 3rd +4th. There has been furious recent gullying on the grid, washing down of sheaf of good droppings, and some places as still muddy. Drainage obviously is poor. The gerstories quite dry, never brown, yet got with mostly big shemanes, supplemented with the new over-crop Ruthenon (of which well offed ( about 1/3 of them, at least one in every row), and about 5 small shemones. River was working at site station. The drive to Canedo Bonte about 5 km E and set about 39 Museum species in the rolling double elelosurral about 15 fur The single species hives (in addition but the good). The haves a few hares, judging by droppings, are in the double elelosure. No fox remains but in a few places some holes emerging from clumps of fluffy