california Condor. Eben McMillan 9 Aug. 1964 Tom Hoots with whom I chatted before leaving Cuddy Canyon, thought most of the people who come to hunt in the Mt. Pinios district would be of the sort that want most of what they get in the way of privileges to come to them with little affort. If this is the case how can one explain why these people will come and dodge one another's bullets, Camp in Campgrounds most of which are without Proper Sanitary facilities, are without water, have no cooking facilities, are dusty and dirty while the roads over which they must travel to get to these camps, after once leaving the payment, are rough, rocky, narrow and extremely dusty? One thing seems certain that being that a bad Situation is building up here which if not faced now will lead to disorder, problems, humiliation and embarrassment to the Forest Service who are doing so much to encourage these hordes to come without any provision for educating them as to their responsibilities. I stopped at San Emigdio Ranch enroute home. Neither Walter Slaytor or any one else on this property had seen Condor lately. Slaytor gave me the following figures of Cattle Losses on San Emigdio within the beef or breeding herd. It ran at 3.8 Percent for the season. This would not count Calves that had died at birth or had died before they had been branded. Of 3720 Cows 83 were lost throughout the year, or an average of one Cow dying every four days. Dec. and February were the months when most Cows died as this was in the middle of the Calving season. 34 Cows died-