Page 56 California Condor, Continued Eben McMillan 26 march-1963 Gassed Condor Mr. Easton. I was told by him that sometime back, a Trapper in the area about Kern River had found a Condor at one of his Cynaride Sets. The Condor had been gassed but not dead. Mr. Easton told he heard the Condor was sick for quite a while and that he had not heard if it survived or not. While at the Kern Fire Station a called Marion Vincent Told me of Seeing One Young Condor on his Ranch February 28-1963 and 9 Condor flying above highway 65 and north of the Pozo Creek on 16 maro 9 then drove to the Sheep area east of Famosa and talked with Shepherds there who thought they had seen Condor. They showed me fresh Carcasses of Sheep that had not been eaten. In the evening after I had cooked my own supper, I visited one of the Basque Shepherds in his trailer house. His Name, Benito Frisarri. It was dark when he brought his flock to the bedgrounds near his Trailer and he was cooking his Supp. When I arrived. His supper consisted of Sliced Potatoes, Onio, Garlic and Carrots that were fried in deep fat and held in a small Pot and kept warm while pieces of Mutton, it he cut from the front Quarter of a Sheep, and it also Fried after which all were thrown together in the Pot and gulped down with generous portions of Wine that was swilled from a goat skin bag. He is 21 Years old and has been in America two years, having one more year to go on his 3 Year Contract to the American National Wool Growers association. He was flown here from Madrid Spain, and farmed out, by the Nat. Wool Growers Association, to Mr. Joe Mendiburu, of Bakersfield, who pays him $200 per month for 264 days in the year. I told me he maybe gets one day off in a year. His food and Lodging and Wine are furnished by his Rangelover; [illegible]. All meals I have seen, Consumed by these Shepherds, is made up Next Page