3 arm i pate 
Ele-kle to Fataral 
At THe^lKle, i. road com i ng-f rom Totora - joins - -th e main 
highway to Banta Cruz,which starts at Vila Vila(terrain 
of the Cta.Cruz R.R. and continues by way of Aiouile 
—through Vle-kle(or rather Perez,for Ele 351 e is 1 K.g. - 
above the ju nction),Puente Taperas,Saipina,Pulquina, 
Kataral,Pampa Grande,Mairena,to Samaipata.. 
-The road- -from- Totora -to -SHLe-lle is narrow,-badly laid- 
out,with weal: bridges nd altogei 1 . very bad r oa d, le 
the otherone from Vila Vila through to Samaipata is quite 
good,as these mountain roads go. -Prom feres* we continued 
on down the right bank of the Rio Mizque for about 12 
kilometers to Puente Taperas,a suspension bridge over the 
river,at this tim e out of repair,so we had to ford the 
stream. A few miles be low the bridge we swung to left into 
the hills,crossed a high ridge and dropped down into the 
valley -of the Rio- Chaluani again, crossed the river to* 
Baipino,a tiny village on opposite bank and just a short 
distance above the junction of the Rio Chaluani with the 
M izq u e- . The Valley here is ve r y wide,and mountains- on eit! 
either side.quite high,but with the same thorny vegetation 
as in Pie-ole,except there is moreof.it(the soil is less 
arid, slight more fertile). E3.e-‘”le is a better place 
to colle ct than either Sal pi no or Pulquina or a a.taral, 
since the surrounding mountains are nearer and one has 
a greater varie ta of habitat and ecological conditions 
in a smaller area at Dle-kle. 
"Brora Baipino we continued on down the left bank of 
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the Pi-zque--for-some-miles, then nwung leftr-again teast f. 
across another low range .of mountains and down into the 
of the rio Pulauina and crossed it to a small vill- 
t j* 
the same name. The whole country through here con- 
exactly the same.although as one goes east,'the 
of vegetaion increases,but .he species remain 
more or less .the same,some-decreasing-and"others increas¬ 
ing. Prom Pulquina.we continued on across the valey and 
climbed another low range!about 6,200-feet and then down 
again - th r ough a narrow valley and out onto the large 
plain (really a vally,out very wide and flat) on which 
is situated Kataral. On this last range we crossed,between 
rai 
valley 
age of 
tinues 
am oun t 
the 
Born? scrub 
-Pulquina. and Mataral,up near the top 
ly dissapears and other forms of trees and shrubs thke 
their place,but once dropping down again onto the plain 
of Vataral,we again encounter the s 
vegetation,the tree with masses of long spines being 
iculary abundant here,w hile there is less Giant cacti 
(except along .the east •'side of the valley,where it is 
ve-rv abundant ~ I susnect that ~ -o r iginal l y there was much 
around. 
