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"I discovered a flat meadow
near Timberline at 12,000 feet
where one could camp. The
outgoing Dr. Henri Deneulin
was at the temple. He has
spent three years in this
part of your man collecting
plants.
(12) We had started yesterday
to come camping to this
high meadow where I had
seen many runways of a
small rodent. The traps set near the temple have
yielded 2 new shows both of
small size & the village
boys brought in 2 more lots,
one a myxotis & the other a
jipistella, a Konwula perhaps.
During this delay of the
morning we got started for
the mountains at 10 AM.
The downslopes were forested
by a small pine but most
of the hillsides were covered
by scrub - live oak. At 11,000 feet
the spruce became predominant
tending to Timberline as the