D. Strong 925 opy) 188 strongly suspect the two species interbreed. Mr. Hope's speciemn seems typical of such a cross (the deer head at Ensenada). Caught a nice bunch of about 30 trout and had a good swim late in the afternoon. Warm, comfortable night. SANTA CRUZ June 8, 1925. Packed up this morning, and waited a long while for Manuel to find the two horses. The mules came into camp of their own accord about breakfast time. Schenck and Melling caught lizards, I wrote up my jour- nal. Started about ten thirty, rode by the rancho San Antonio and north up dry steep grades, lifeless and characterized by Palo Verde, manzanita, ceanothus, yucca, a few giant cactus etc. A few Quail near the rancho, little else. Up, up, up country much the same, the Cha- mise becomes more pronounced. Save a few aspens in the dry water courses there are no large trees. Dropped down into the little Santa Cruz valley, two spots of green in a dry valley -- backed to the east by the rub- bish heaps of rocks, the main Martir range,