Field notes, v1524
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1974 cows, goats, sheep, horses & burros. At the watch; 3 went was one big cow pie. girls: red+ black Two were given two gifts by local Senoras - three capulets (?) or one an Indian woman who was wait, for at our with greyish face; cap site for a truck to takes her to town or maybe no. like (eye stuff) with her 4 children, 3 accompanying male indian, and to buy feed, fledgejy, a bull. I had given her a little pack of chewies, fair of stick-twister so was quite out done by her lovely cheese (cow-chase). chub?! one whiteworn The family that lives in a nearly home came other slightly fake ly with enthusiastic words, and the next morning rump. the Senora returned with a boxy white peaches for me - picked off their tree. (They are as hard as rocks!) I gave her the three alfaiores we had left - which probably didn't go far with her 4 children. March 25, 1974 near Acari Peru. Monday I had a 3/4 grown Ratino (?) and a little mystery mouse in my traps. Discover about 80% of the rest of the traps were spring and empty. CP fat tup the mouse and we cleave out - scratching our arms and ankles where the goats had bitten us. Drive north along the coast to the Acari valley, and the looked indeed. It is a wide scrubland with arryicle river, and we washed one clothes on ourselves for a while as we tried to decide our next move. This road seems no good for long, but perhaps we can hitch up some Guyana. Stayed also the river, just; own trips on the edges of the nearly cotton fields and pastures. I just came also and the ruins of a old house across,