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Miguel Heeng
1969
journal
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Qui. NW San Miguel, 5700 ft., Dpts. Cajamarca, Peru
Aug. 27 (sat.)
Today. If our luck holds out perhaps it will
be dry enough tomorrow for us to get out. Ray put
up a bat net. Along the road Dr. Koford caught 2
more frogs like the ones I got today. They make
a high-pitched squeak.
Aug. 28
This morning it began to clear. At around 9:00am we
began our attempt to get up the road. To save time
in case we couldn't make it, I began walking up the
road to the house of the man who offered us the horses.
Dr. Koford was to follow shortly. In 2 hours I
arrived, and before the man got there, Dr. Koford also
arrived. We talked to him and found out he had sent his
sons back on the road to look for us. So we were about
to set out by foot to Palmitos (3-4 hours distance) when
we heard our car coming. Apparently Ray had gotten up
the hill with the help of 4 men, and the rest of the road
was dry enough. We drove on towards Palmito to get
gas from the hacienda, but our rear wheel went off
a bridge over a small stream at a curve. We jacked
up the car and shoved it back onto the road. During
this process a jeep of the Ministerio de Agricultura came
by from San Miguel - a trip they make only every
2 months. They gave us gas and we continued.
The man with the horses had said it would not
rain today, and it hasn't. As we got down below
the road was drier, though rockier, and we
hit an especially large rock, knocking 2 holes