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C. Koford
97
Journal
July 21, 1951
Aricoma, 1500', Ooto. Pno, Peru.
Breeze up canyon by 1 p.m. Trops held 2 min., P. sublimina,
-24°-
21 gms., at base rock well on short grassy knoll; track melting.
Clear by sunset (5:03 at home).
July 22, 1951. Sunday. Temps. -4½°, +8 °C. Clear. Watched
8-9.
vicunas 6-7 a.m.; saw change in family group size. Saw hunter
stalkin vicunas . 5 live traps held; P. pictus. The snow tops had
nothing. Took up all traps. Saw carota 3+ during day. Shot &
pur up a Cerulodes & a Upucerchia (testes enlarged). About 1/10
clouds late afternoon
July 23, 1951. Temps. - ? ° ; +8½°C. Thermometer, usual-
ly in tunnel thru stone wall, was left on car hood & read -14°C.
Perhaps forma minima too low. Frostier than usual. Clear.
Watched vicunas 6-7 a.m. Saw fox racing along box stone walls
6:30 a.m. Passed 20' from me & saw me. Lift one hind foot over 8" high
brisk, sprinkle 2 sec., then on. Tail stiffly held [illegible] when
fox moving along. Saw 2 [illegible] pursued by hawks. At 9 a.m.
left hut for bandia. Saw 2 hawks (dark gray upper wings +
chestnut backs) leave still nest on cliff ½ mile on lake Arizona
side summit (not caracaras). Supplied gas, mail at Cruces.
1300'
Cuyo-Cuyo a Cuyao sized town (a large) in bottom canyon
14.7 miles from 14500' summit of road. Many stone-walled
terraces - perhaps over 100 steps of them. 11.2 miles below
CC passed thru 50-gd. long tunnel. As many terraces +
accompanying huts on steep sides canyon or way down
to bandia. S. 36 miles below summit at 7500' in
¼ mile wide bottom of very steep sided canyon. Road with
many switchbacks & few turnouts but entirely possible.