Quart 1948 Journal 62 May 14 4 mile north of La Paz sea level Baja California was seen. The last third of the trip was a quick descent to the plain around La Paz. The road over the whole stretch is good, but dusty and hot. All of the roads, including this one, south of San Quintin have been but two ruts over the desert. Speed of travel is determined by how many bumps per second you think the car will stand or how fast the automobile will pull through the sand. But -- ablely the only dangerous sandy stretch is that just north of Santa Ana where the road goes near sand dunes of the Pacific Ocean. Here our truck had difficulty navigating the sand while going down hill and will undoubtedly have a difficult time pulling uphill through the sand on the way back. Truck drivers that travel that route usually drive over that section early in the morning when the sand is damp and heavy from the nightly fog. Shot one Cnemidophorus hyperythus this morning at about 10:30. Lizard was shot beneath a low dead woody bush near Pitaya agria and Lumboi at point where rocky hillside meets the salt flat on which we are camped (Specimen no. 173). Shot two Uta stansburiana this afternoon