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C. Koford
1952
153
Journal
February 2-4, 1952
Arequipa, Peru -
(colored & white tipped)
and smother (purced) deer (pudu?), 2 huiza peccary, 2
Dunwigs, pacas, agouties, atele, Tamandua, & others. Both
shins milled skull of a manmots, skull of the taratura (a
big rat, Dactyl --- ?), 2 huiza squirrel, Cavia, a few gray
hauker, a few several mice, larkspur, roati. Aquire by
5/100 to ship my box of specimens by air. Sent some skel.
& 2 for skulls by certified (5/10).
February 5, 1952. Completed lunars & left about 2:30.
Drove to about km. 91 & camped. Hard rain & rivers
high road running with water from Arequipa to
Salvios. I was lost car through (high water).
February 6, 1952.
To Huaylaco (5000) late. Arequipa
Overcast but dry all night. Drove on to camp, barely
getting across river near km. 91. Man at Solitaris said
wildcat?
that recently sent two puma (Corcillo) bitters to Aygupe
to sell. Snow in evening.
February 7, 1952. Temps. 0°, +8°C. Light snow on ground. Hail
& snow after 2 p.m. Walked on thin repairs & other shoes. Nursing finger
snacked bottom rocks.
February 8, 1952. Patches snow on ground. Overcast. Watched vicuñas
8-12 M. Mary watched in afternoon. Hail & snow after 5 p.m.
February 9, 1952 ½" snow on ground. Dec ¼" thick. Watched
vicuña 7:30 - 12 . Mary watched 1:30-3:30. Temps. -3°C,
+11°C. (in p.m. since yesterday a.m.). Clear early morning, slowly
clouding. W. wind in afternoon. Rain at 4 p.m.
February 10, 1952. Clean at 6 a.m., then clouding up rapidly. 0°C. Last night. Mary watched vicuñas in morning.