CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY 89 
2 miles long by 4 wide, and surrounded by the low rim of the 
crest. Here we camped under an old apple tree full of hard and 
ripe apples, tough but eatable, there was a ranch there once, buc 
abandoned long ago to the gatos grandes which killed their stock, 
The range from 4000 ft. up is covered by liveoaks and Pinus 
cembroides, The Laguna was not there but very fine water was 
running in a stream near by. ell ! Our animals were about all 
in, only able to stagger along like ourselves when we got there, 
but soon were greedily feeding on the rich grass, all but the poor 
white mule we abandoned so hastily. There were flowers every- 
where (see photo of Outfit in Lagunas with masses of Sphacele in 
foreground.) Next day I began and worked very hard all day and 
getting a great stack of stuff. The men went hunting befor: 
dawn, with my automatic 22 rifle, but got nothing. It was sa 
cold at night at the 6000 ft. alt. that we nearly froze. The boys 
left us at noon and charged me only 5 pesos for piloting us up, # 
very reasonable sum. y moso was deathly afraid of the big cats 
but I knew thoy are too cowardly to attack humans, had they 
been the leopardlike jaguars, not known on the peninsula, 1t 
might have been different. Each night was colder than the ene 
before. After 2 days I had got the whole flora and told the moso 
we would return in the morning, So we were up early and off, 
I waated to stop at Laguna Chica bat when we rewhel it [saw I 
had all its flowers, and so we did not stop, Going up the faint 
‘rail throagh the weeds I lost it for I was afoot, botanizing along 
and fiddled around quite a time trying to find it, and yelled a lot 
and finally the moso heard me and came running back, flightened 
and so [knew where the trail was. After that he kept nearer me 
in the shade to cool uff from the intense heat. I drank water like 
a fish and almost dripped sweat. By 1 p.m. we got to the tree 
i It was the last of the liveoaks. Get- 
ting there I almost played out and ened pote — ) : I es 
t sav th by resting often. aid down under a tree 
Nok ES ae ieee ae when the moso came back with 
