Feb 17 East end Isla Espandola, (Hood), Galapagos. To [illegible] five feet, and I took one picture of it. (Could even see the lions). No sign of pellets. About about 250 ft. The cordia dropped out and was replaced by variably dense growths of Acacia and mesquite, mostly with scattered leaves and no flowers. Several large seed pods on most mesquites. The vegetation was only 20-30 ft high in all areas, and heavily lichen covered. Collected most of the half dozen arborescent types which grew on the plants. Near this 1st peak we visited we found (in the valley to the W) half a dozen dry pot holes, 20-50 ft across and which at one time must have held 6-8" of water. Not even water under the rocks and just barely damp. Several nice flowering Parkinsonia trees here, and saw a Carpenter bee at one. Opuntias trees were fairly frequent here, spaced at 300-400 ft intervals (except that they often grew in clumps of 3-6 trees). They were all thin, short trunked trees, with a rounded top (?) as on Gardner, and not more than 15 ft high. All the trees I saw were mature, no cactus pads or young trees at any of the larger plants we visited. Travel through this upper zone was not difficult, although in places it was easier to walk along the rock out crops where the vegetation was open. We saw a dead goat at frequent intervals along here, but most of the goat sign was