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Myrmal Henry
1969
Journal
72
Aug. 14
(cent.)
3 mi. NW Mosope, 100 ft., Depth. Lambreyegue. Tem
warm and windless in the mornings and
gets cooler + windy in the afternoon. The
dunes here are crescent-shaped, with the
wind
blowing from the
ocean side. The
tops as
hard,
out the
steep
side of looser
packed sand. There seem to be areas
of this and areas of the rounded
drumwoods upon which the Capparis with
the bulbous fruit
filled
with little seeds
about
3/4 in. long grows.
The carniide druppsis
1/2 x
I have found indicate the fepes here are
eating these fruit. I found no bones in the
scats. Ray set out 20 small Sherman + about 25 large
Shermans.
9:00 p.m. Dr. Koford set out about 35 snap traps.
9:00 p.m. Dr. Koford and I took the lantern out to hunt
for geckos. The night is fairly warm, justably
a little above 60°4F, and the breeze has died down.
We walked along the sand where surface erosion had
exposed the rocks. We found no geckos. Walking
along the insides of the crescent of the barcanes,
we noticed that the angle of the lantern showed
up many kinds of tracks.. Following these, we