C. Koford 70 Journal April 5, 1951 Arequipa, Peru Visited Mrs. H. H. Heller, wife of Edmund Heller. She had nice house at 501 Av. Jorge Chaves. Dressed like a man & with short haircut. She had collected some birds and mammals in the Montana and was going to send them to Chicago. Was busy having various cabinets made and dark room set up in her house. She had a pet fox which was more or less tame and had had a previous one which was very tame. She knew how to get permits to ship specimens out--it was complicated if they had any value, less complicated if without value. She had set of Mac Bride (Flora Peru) and several other good reference books. She had been here 2 year or more & selected Arequipa be- cause climate dry & goods obtainable. She had been to Peru with Edmund but not this part. Her interest mainly in getting money for specimens. We shopped a lot, checked out of hotel, and drove several miles toward Puno (to 500' above Baron. 8300). Hotel level). An Osso sign at fork about 3 mile out of town said Km. 276 to Puno (speedometer 4419). Camped in rocky desert area with good views Chocon & Misti. Cactus, shrubs & herbs line covering 1/3 ground surface. Clear night. April 6, 1951. Started 9 a.m. with speedometer reading 4422. Road leads toward Picchu Picchu. Spdtr. 423, fork to Jesus, end of pave- ment, and sign saying Puno 270 km. Km. 13 from Arequipa = spdtr. 426. At Km. 25 a chain across road; control station - Chichusartal think. Had crossed 2 small rivers and seen many birds before reaching Km. 25; many flowers in bloom including blue lupine and a yellow daisy like flower 2" in diam. on yellow-green shuda. Many cultivated terraces near Chichusartal and Misti prom-