Pearson-1989 Journal October 13 - Bariloche. Arrived by plane at 2:30 p.m. The steppe quite wintery looking, but the temp was sunny, warm (18*C), and no wind on the lake. Apple and pear trees in full bloom, and tulips in town. Michael Christie came by. Says there was no snow in July, but some in August. Looks now like a light snowpack. There was rain in July when it should have snowed. The spring seems to be warm and dry. He tells about a c cliffy place on Estancia Primavera with deposits of tarry stuff and feces about the size of Phyllotis droppings. He brought samples, and also a jaw of a young Lagidium from the same place, plus a few droppings that could be Lagidium. October 14. Bariloche. Visited Gey and Isobel Gallopin. Morello is no longer in Parques, Fundacion Bariloche is in dire straits, at least the ecology section. The energy group is in charge. Rapoport has his own Ecotono Institute. Car started up OK. October 15 - Bariloche. Sunny, warm, light wind. Drove to Llao Llao at 4 pm. Only a few Scotch Broom blooms. Set traps in the first piece of woods beyond the Fundacion Bariloche house. Big coihue and cipres with bamboo understory. An old old fence post in the middle of the forest. The forest very dry. I set 36 Shermans baited with rolled oats and about 11 museum specials baited with canned shellfish paste from Chile, all these in forest. Anita in the same forest set 17 Shermans and 18 Museum specials. I also set 4 MS and 3 Shermans in a small, marsh, dense grass patch on the edge of the lake near Puerto Panuelo, hoping for olivaceus. Then camped in the forest at Lago Escondido. Bats at dusk. October 16. Llao Llao Peninsula. Night clear, no wind, fyull moon, not cold. Anita's traps in the forest caught 1 Geoxus dead in MS and 1 live Abrothrix in a Sherman. My traps in forest had 2 Oryzomys, 1 Dromiciops, and 7 Abrothrix. In the marshy grass were 1 Abrothrix in Sherman and 1 in MS. Total score: 89 traaps, 10 Abrothrix, 2 Oryzomys, 1 Geoxus, and 1 Dromiciops. Returned to Bariloche at 10:30 a.m. (daylight time) and processed mice. To Michael Christie's for tea. Saw Adam Hajduc on the way. He has Carbon 14 dating on an indian dig on Isla Victoria, close to time of Christ (60 yrs before or after). He says autumn was dry and that the snow didn't come until August, and even then it was mixed with rain, so the ski season was not good. The last month has been sunny and warm. October 17. Bariloche. Car lubricated, then exchange house (680/dollar). Patricia Fierro came after lunch. Says they had some rain the first week of September, but has been sunny and warm since then. Put out traps up on Cerro Otto, beginning at the marked bamboo clump and coming up the hill aalong the ski run that was cut last year and left