Pearson - 1994 17 Martha Bunge came by to discuss her thesis. Michael brought by a dead tuco (sociabilis) that Eieen had radio-collared and found dead on the surface several days later. It was pretty stinky and someone had already removed the lungs and some other organs. Saved skin, skull, liver, and sternum; Michael's field number. Then dinner with Michael, Patricia, and 3 of the boys. Michael showed us Stan's tuco trap, which is a heavy-weight plastic tube with a simple drop door open at the distal end. Michael says it works well. December 14- Left for Chile. Stopped at Paso Puyehue and looked down in the gulley to the south where Michael said he had seen Euneomys runways. We found a few holes and runways that looked like Chelemys, but found no Euneomys droppings. We ended up putting traps in grassy/bushy habitat north of the road a few hundred meters east of the summit I put 3 cage traps and Anita put 10 Shermans and a steel trap. Faint runways, no droppings. Then we drove over the pass and about a half-km west of the summit discovered a road that heads off to the north, up hill, through sparsely vegetated pumice fieds. We drove up the road about a half-km, then walked up farther to where the low vegetation becomes fairly thick, and is full of Chelemys holes and runways. It would seem to be an easy place to catch lots of Chelemys. Saw a fox and cub right at the pass near the Christ; maybe it scavenges tourist lunches. Then drove down to Aguas Calientes, stopping frequently to check dead quila bamboo. See bamboo species account. Checked into a cabin at Aguas Calientes, then walked through a lovely forest across the river from the outdoors thermal pool. December 15- Aguas Calientes. Photos in forest. We were packing the car when we said hello to the group who had moved into the cabin above ours late last night. Turned out that it was Crispin Sadler and his filming crew from New Zealand. He had written me a year or more ago asking advice about filming a bamboo- bloom and rat outbreak. He gave us to read and criticise a manuscript on the subject. He had contacted Milton Gallardo (tepid response) and Luz Gonzales, who had