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1973
AKP
Dove holes in the red dirt there and caught
several Phyllotis darwini listus in tho. The
mice seem to run out the holes when they are
disturbed, rather than going in deeper.
Dave ad I both seem to be having
intestinal problems.
March 10 Jaena Saturday
The market is as wonderful as ever. Bought
myself a hat there and a few items for our
trip. It is hotter than it was in January 1971,
and maybe fewer birds, OP ad I had dinner at
a chicken place on Boluqresi, ad the dessert
at a heladeria across from the hotel. OP
located a place to lease the box (ad later, the
car) so in the late afternoon we got the car
for the place where they were rebuilding the
radiator, took it to the storage place and sorted
through everything, leaving the "coffee" in the mayor's
"living room" (?). It is an enormous piece of furniture,
but the room is big.
March 12. Loma just north of Jaena - Sunday
Stop at the mercado and gas station, then
to the Loma site. All but the daisy bushes are
pretty dry (although the soil is damp 4" deep). The
sea lions are gone, but the guanos are better,
and there are lizard and mouse tracks all over the hill.
Went investigating and a large boulder, and a
number of mice started running out of the holes at the