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C. Koford
Journal
April 11, 1951 Heda. Pairumani, nr. Ilaue, Dept. Puno, Peru.
river clear and about 75 yds. wide near Ilave. Road toward Tarma
road: 25 mile from fola came to houses in rolling green country.
Inquired & found Heda. Parimani, where Pearson had stayed in 1946, was
not one. Several of the wild- like birds on ground near buildings. Road from
Ilave passed through rather flat grassy plain - guinea, barley, rejs,
shrews, alpacas, llamas - sparsely populated. Hillside divided into
irregular plots by stone walls but no fences in flat country. About
30 mile from fola reached turnoff to Heda. Parimani. Had to ford the
stream, 150' wide, to reach houses. A several adobe buildings in cluster
near foot of hills in grassy region with occasional rock outcropping.
Eduardo de Arant not present. The wayfarer was Jorge B
de Arant. He remembered Pearson, showed us the truck O.P. had sold them.
Very hospitable. Spoke no English. Gave us rolls & fresh cheese for lunch.
Showed us where Pearson had camped. Told us to ask for anything we
might need. Said this were tinamous, zorros, gorionse, buracos,
venado, here. Said he saw 6 buracos at once in a field across
the road not long ago - they were large & long, he said. Cuyos (Cuna?)
were in field near house, he said. Deer sometimes in bunches of
20 or 30. Elevation here 3975 meters, said Arant. Lightning + hail-
storm in afternoon. Camped 1/4 mile W. of ranchhouse in grassy
field near stone walls. About 5 p.m. went down to river & caught 7
troat, 8 to 11", 2 rainbows + 5 golden brown, in 30 minutes - very fine
fishing. Set 16 snare traps & 6 live traps in grass & near rocks
in pasture where we were camped. At 7 p.m. no catch - grazing
in field may work against small mammals. Saw one Akodon
running in grass about 3 p.m. Wind died shortly after sunset. About
8 p.m. spent 1/2 hr. looking for mammal with light; found none.