Tiraaue to Tle-Ple. 
We left Tiraque ip a "big four ton truck about 7*30 A.I 
intending to stop in Totora and work,a distance of 
5 kilometers from here. Tiraque is oh the western or 
Cochabamba side of the range known as the Cordillera 
de Cochabamba. We travelled up a valley towards the cr 
-crest- of -the range, in a southeastern^/ direction, over 
completely bare or grassy'slopes,reaching the crest 
about 8.30 and crossing at 12,000 feet. We then con¬ 
tinued down a velley - to- the -est,-broad, with gentle slow 
At about 11,000 feet bushes and shrubbery began to" 
appear in the bottom of the valley and small Quinua 
- trees^ on- the lower slopes,all increasing in size and 
tuantinty as we descended. At about 9, 500 the Q.uinua 
trees w/ere thick and fairly large,with much other 
shrubbery and low?,gnarled trees. At about 9,000 feet 
the stream we had been'following swung abruptly to 
the left(northeast) and cut through a deep cleft in 
the range paralleling the valley on the left side, 
and then, dropped rapidly down into the .yungas,probably 
being a branch of the Ibirizu. At this point we swung 
to southeast,climbed' over a low range.ropped into ano¬ 
ther shallow; valley{running.south.vest,) , crossed it, 
climbed up over another low divide and dropped down ar 
other valley to- Totora,which-is at an elevation of 
9,500 feet,crowded into a narrow valley,with very 
narrow streets,all. very steep,up and down. The whole 
surrounding slones for a long distance are barren and 
almost devoid of life. To secure and birds there one 
would T e to walk tremendous distances,and then prob¬ 
ably not get-much. Since our truck was continuing on 
- down .the valley, eventual!; oing to Camainata, I res¬ 
olved on the'spur of the moment to not stop at Totora 
but to continue until I found a suitable place and 
then stop there. We reached Totora at,noon,had lunch 
and continued at 1 P.’ . 
Prom Totora the road climbs up-over a shoulder. -- 
then starts winding rapidly down into the., valley of 
the Rio Chaluani( one of the places where d *0rbigny 
worked)'. As you descend, vegetation gradually a t ip ears, 
bushes and shrubbery .and thorn trees,but. all very arid 
and with very steep slopes right dow to the river 
which is quite small at this point. We continued on do 
GO\/n along the river some some Mies.-The road becomes 
narrow and bad,passing under great cliffs with barlv r 
room for the truck to pass and over wretched bridgesT 
’ . , "2 he to P'' of our ■ 1-oad-, extending above the 
—a', , — t^ck, Struck the overhanging, cliff and . 
