Field notes, v1350
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Miguel Keeg 1969 Journal 96 Aug. 26 (wt.) 35 mi. WNW Cajamarca, 6000 ft., Depto. Cajamarca, Peru. second creek where the vegetation was thick and wet and the trap site steep with leaves covering the mossy rocks and rotten logs. In the line of large Sherman's that I left out for the 2nd night I had 2 live animals - one an Oryzomy-type under a log, and the other an Akodon in a hollow tree stump. On my 22 snap traps I caught 2 Akodon under logs, and maybe another kind of Oryzomy, also under a log. Dr. Hoford caught 3 Oryzomy types and Ray cought none. We will prepare specimens, then break camp and move up to the top. 3:00pm. We left our campsite and started up the road. It was still rocky and hard going. It had rained off and on all afternoon. As we got higher, the road got muddier, and we had trouble in a few spots and had to push. We averaged only about 3 mph. The habitat remained much the same for a long time. There were scattered fields or corrals, but largely uninhabited. We reached a fork in the road and took the left hand road, because the one to the right looked like it went up to a house. This was at about 7000 ft. The slopes became brushier and grassier and we rose out of the jungle vegetation to more cleared areas and more cultivation. We stopped at a shack and asked a man if we were on the right road.