56 THE WEST AMEEICAN SCIENTIST. 



fcTRAY LEAVES FROM A NOTE-BOOK. 



June 22, 1885. Leave the "quiet city by the sea," bid adieu to 

 'Uncle Sam,' and stay over night at 'Aunt Jane's' [Tijuana, or Tia 

 Juana, valley] on Mexican soil. 



6-23. Take the wrong road and go to San Icedro. Camp at a 

 pretty grassy place by a spring and find the buff-colored Diplacus. 

 6-24. Reach Ticate. Find the grand Eomneya poppy in bloom. 

 6-25. Most unfortunately, we step into the United States [with- 

 out knowing it till afterwards] — and inquire the price of goods in 

 a 'Mexican' store, at Lucas'. 



5-26. 'Staying over;' amuse myself by pricking my fingers on 

 the thistle sage — trying to get the seed. Find the small-flowered 

 oanehalag.ua [Erythrsea Douglasii, Gray] abundant, the flowers 

 closing in the afternoon, and albinism seemingly not rare to it, 

 more than to E. venusta. Notice a lizard with a fine butterfly in 

 his mouth. 



6-27. Catch a pretty lizard marked with black and white 

 stripes, the tail of a bright indigo blue. Another visits the tent 

 and tries on my coat. He accepts an invitation to go with me to 

 San Diego. Give a small reception to about fifty ants, who are 

 warmly received. Kill our last flea — can get no more until we reach 

 Encenada, as they are not found on the mountains. Eling away 

 the last tick also, as we have a rabbit for supper. 



6-28. Sunday again, very warm. Among our visitors are a 

 swarm of flies, rare beetles and spiders. A garter snake looks in 

 upon us but makes a short stay. 



6-29. Go to Campo, U. S. A., thence to Nehi, drink a gallon of 

 milk for supper, given us by Mr. Adams, 'the first man' — to visit 

 these mountains. 6-30. Watch the men brand a lot of calves, 

 and go a mile for the fun of cutting off both ends of a rattlesnake 

 — the first, and last, for the trip. 



July 1. Leave Nehi. Camp at Japa. 7-2. Hire all the Indi- 

 ans we could get at Juarez; camp at Topo. 7-3. Indians return 

 with Tccos semilles, — 'don't care to work any more,' they tell us 

 in Spanish. 7—1. Celebrate the day by putting on clean shirts 

 and by washing out gold and rubies, a thousand or more, out of 

 the soil. Find the new slug (Limax) in great numbers around 

 the water, and some very large, an inch and a quarter long. 7-5. 

 End of second week from home. Warm. 



7-6. Get two more Indians and start for another canyon with 

 them. Reach the highest place on the road, at 6,000 feet altitude. 

 7-7. Get more seed. Camp at the large lagoon on the mountain. 

 Find many flowers but none new. 7-8. Start for San Hafael, 

 cjfmp beyond Hnnspn's houses and enjoy a rainy afternoon from 



