July 22nd. 
July 23rd 
July 24th 
duly 25th 
now, only are a two of the shortatailed Rhipydomys and the 
red nosed akadon have had embryos and very few miniture have 
been secured in the traps. Marcos came up this morning to 
with mules to move camp. 
Rained or sleeted most of the night but stopped about 8 pom. 
so we packed up and statted for the Occobamba Vallpy. After a 
half hours travel it began to snow and all the way there we had 
a driving snow stormed our face. At the pase the ground was 
* 
covered by new snow. the wiod registered 13,800 {ft the pass 
marked 
was wexked by a small rock hut and a wall of horse and mule 
skulls. in two hours travel we passed out 6@ the snow.storm 
into rain and mist which obscured the landscape. “he country 
for about 5 miles below the pass was open and gr assy like the 
Qliantaytambo side with many abpacacas, llamas sheep and some 
potatoes fields. At about 11,000 £¢ blue berry bus shes were seen 
with other small woody plants, one of which was a large fruited 
black-berry. ve made camp at first bait in the valley of the 
Qecobamha where it is joined by a large stream from the north 
at a place called Tocopoquen at an elevation of 9,100 feet 
The OUecabamba valley comes down in very narrow and solid vantag 
forest and the road runs high along one side of the valley is 
a canyon without a floor wide enough for a good road. where we 
are camped it is diversified the sonuthoids being very open and 
grassy and the nowth a solid montanyn forest. 
Day misty with showers of rain. Went deer hunting in late 
afternéon above road but saw none only tracks where yesterday 
as sunset 1 saw a deer a few yards from the road at same 
place but it was fogey I could not get a sight ofit after 
dismounting. A large wood pigeon like our band-tailed occurs 
here is flock of 30-50 feeding in the myrtle trees or cherries 
Night clear with hoar frost. Oaught several euneomys (yellow) 
same as in the pass and a dark long tailed are the color @g- 
of Toronto species, also one long tailed Rhipidomys same as 
the two from the pass. 
Ho mice or mounds caught except one euneomys so went deer 
hunting above camp on high grass covered range at about 

