Field notes, v1538
Page 271
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Quast 1948 Journal 108 Jun 10 San Juan de la Barradera, 1600 ft, W base Sierra Laguna, Baja Calif. wild fig and oak trees bearing leaves. The wild figs are ripe now. The local occupation seems to be mule raising coupled with wood-cutting. The country is evidently overgrazed for the mules also, judging from the nonchalance in their eating dried pieces of wood from a wood-pile nearby. Most of the wood cutting seems to take place in the area of La Laguna in which to Oak and Madrono trees are found. Note: The four Vta thalisseria listed under this date in catalog were obtained June 11. # 343-346 incl. June 11 La Laguna, 6200 ft, Sierra de la Laguna, Baja California Arrived here yesterday about 5 P.M. after a pack trip lasting 7 hours from previous camp. Minimum temperature last night was 51°, maximum today was 79°. Last night and today were clear with a good breeze coming up in the afternoon from the west. La Laguna valley is about one mile long measuring from the slopes of the basin and about 1/3 mile wide. Most of the bottom of the basin 2/3 mil x 1,000 yds. is composed of the remains of the lake bottom that once existed here, and is marked by fairly level grassy soil with several gullies or stream beds running through it. The valley runs in an approx. E-W direction, the stream flowing from the SW end to the eastern end where it exits in a northerly [See map pg. 117]