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Myrna Leung
1969
Journal
98
~ 10 mi. NW San Miguel, 9000ft., Dept. Cajamarca, Peru
August 27 (Wed)
bright yellow beneath & on the forelegs, and an diva
stands like pub pepper.
I didn't find the bird. The
vegetation is somewhat brushier & woodier, though
lower than that at 6000ft. This area has
been cleared a great extent. Apparently all the
land this side of the river belongs to the hacienda
Jaulis.
9 mi. NW San Miguel, 8000ft., Dept. Cajamarca, Peru
10:30am We left the "compite" and pushed on. The
road remained muddy, but after a couple of
especially bad places we got through to where the
road had short grass. When dry, this offered
good traction. We continued on the road and
noticed a couple of what appeared to be forks,
but we kept to the left road leading down,
because tractor tracks went that way and we were
under the impression that the tractors came from San
Miguel. There were no other vehicle tracks. We
got down to a valley but had trouble getting
up a muddy hill after fording the river (about
20ft. wide). When some small boys came along
we found out that we were on the wrong road
and that this road went only to a mine. It
was 2 miles back up a slick, muddy, grassy,
curvy & steep road to the junction we should
have taken. Knowing the car would never make
it, we decided to stay here at this pasture