A.O.Zimmer 1957 JOURNAL 27 MI. (BY ROAD) W NEGORES (ON HWY66) SANDERSON TUX PANCAKE JUNE 14 (cont.) T DIDN'T IN HIS LIVE TRAPS, ONE OF HIS SWEETMANS HAD BEEN CARRIED SOME DISTANCE AWAY & LEFT WITH A PUDDLE OF URINE ON IT AROUND IT. IT WAS BAITED WITH OATMEAL BUT HAD NOTHING IN IT WHEN FOUND. I PUT UP THE 3 PRECONATUS BUT GAVE THE YOUNG NEOROMA TO DR. QUAY. THE GROUND HERE IS MOSTLY OF SMALL GRAVEL WITH MUCH DUST MIXED IN THROUGH SOME SAND IN SMALL SPOTS IN THE NUMEROUS SHALLOW GULCHES. A FEW ROCKY OUTCROPPING WAY & ½ MI. SE OF CAMP BUT I DID NOT PEAR UP ON THEM. SOME OF DR QUAY'S TRAPS WERE PROCONIERS THO, THERE WERE 3 KINDS OF CACTUS — A "BARREN" CACTUS UP TO 1½ FT TALL; A "FLAT-PROCO" CACTUS UP TO 1 FT. TALL & THE "CHOCLA"(?) CACTUS WITH ROUND BRANCHES UP TO 2-3 FT. TALL, ONLY A FEW OF FIRST TWO TYPES PRESENT BUT MORE OF THE "CHOCLA". ALSO SCATTERED CREOSOTE BUSHES & YUCCAS UP TO 8 FT. TALL. I DID SOME TRAPPING AT BASES OF THESE YUCCAS BUT ONLY TOOK 2 PEZOGI THERE. AND SHRUBS ARE SCATTERED & NOWHERE ARE CACTUS MORE THAN 3-4 FT. ACROSS MOSTLY LESS. THE GRAVELY REARS BETWEEN CLUMPS ARE ABOUT 5 TO 10 FT. ACROSS. 1 PHOTO TAKEN. LEFT AT 8:00 A.M. FOR NEGORES & HUGERSIDE MTS.