Pearson 1986 2 april 15 Bariloche. arrived yesterday, beautiful warm day no wind. Plane did a loop up Trafal Valley and back down Sobo Nahuel Huapi. Lots of wild Country. Michael Christie dropped in. Delivered letters accumulated last December. april 16. Sunny weather, not windy. In afternoon drove out to 1st Summit (20km NE Bariloche) and set 9 steel traps around Berberis clumps on edge of buerla-grass/gymnura mallin. Not many droppings. Then photographed the tree (cypress) again and set 1 steel trap up in each of the two trees in the photo. Gancho came by to check sheep below the road. At the Eucrysum cypres are scattered bunches of needle grass with long flower stalks, mero, Baccharis with very small leaves, palo pichi, Berberis with heavy triple thorns and leaf [illegible], acacia sphaerodum, 1 clump lily, scattered tiny Rennet, Ephedra, collata at 5 p.m. set 9 steel traps for Reithro. in edge of clumps of Berberis isotata in grassland near the edge of gymnae mallin prelighted 8:30 to 9:00 and saw 3 different Reithro. Moon set (1/3rd full) about 9:30 p.m. Hunted until 11:30 (calm, not cold); shot 4 adult Reithro, an also long troffel in Berberis before 9:00 p.m. Then hunted again 4:45 a.m. to 5:45; saw a couple more Reithro and shot 2 Auliscomys near a brushy tangle in stoppe (along road).