Quest 1948 Journal 6 April 10 Punta San Felipe, 50+ ft., Baja California rocks on hill in back of camp caught 1♀ Neotoma lepida. The Neotoma was caught at the top of the hill in the solid rocks above the talus slope. Ten Museum specials had 3 Perognathus formosus in them by 9:00 P.M. last night. They were taken out and the traps reset in the same positions to yield 2 Peromyscus crenicus, 1 Dipodomys merriami, and 1 Perognathus spinatus this morning. Fifty live traps set on hill east of camp in rises between gullies yielded 5 Perognathus formosus (#20-24 incl), 10 Perognathus spinatus (#25-34 incl), and two Peromyscus crenicus (#35, 36). To date none of the specimens caught have had embryos. At noon tried my first octopus I called "Pul-po". Dr Benson boiled it first, but finally decided to cook it in the pressure-cooker because of its toughness and the tenacity with which the skin clung to the meat. What finally emerged smelled like slums, looked like dirty parsnips, and chewed like vul- canized rubber. Tevis claimed it had a subtle flavor, but I didn't go that far.