Field notes, v1670
Page 323
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D. Strong 1925 (Copy) /32 ting of beauty if it occurs'. We left them en rout for the crest of the San Pedro Martin, the Onyx mines, San Fernando and its petroglyphs and the desert, all in one day so far as I could gather. All together it, was one of the strangest meetings in a strange spot one could well imagine. We drove thru San Telmo, and the Le Gaspe rancho, where we met Mr. Eaton, the Delegado of this district. Then south to Miss Hamiston's near San Quintin, on the San Domingo river which is dry hard at its mouth. Miss Hamilton unfortunately is at Ensenada. Huey's (San Diego Museum) car is here at present, he is about 18 mis. south. San Domingo Mission From here (san Domingo Mission) we drove down to the little Mexican village of San Ramon to put in a telephone call, and thence thru the new Mexican colony down to the beach. Managed to get across the marsh and out onto the rocky kelp stream beach. Aside from a few glaucous wing gulls, Pelicans, Ravens and Vultures there seems to be little life. The marsh however offers more variety but we only skirted it seeing many Red winged blackbirds and V. G. and Eave Swallows. Sage Thrashers, Kingbirds, Horned Larks and Antelope Chipmunks -- with many Brown Towhees charac. the dry