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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]