April 13th, 
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especies of smaller dick the size of a teal. There were a few 
biack Ibis about and a blakkish moore hen or gallimule as 
well as a small snipe or sandpiper. Wost of the waterbirds 
were exceedingly wary and as the ponds were without cover no 
birds were obtained, In the afternoon I witnessed an unusual 
phenonmon, An immense waterspout which had formed during 
a rainstorm moved across the western end of the valley some 
6 miles distant. It was in appearance a long slender colvmn 
reaching from the valley floor to the clouds 2000 or 3000 
feet above it and travelled at considerable specd., I watched 
it for a half or perhaps three quakter of an hour before it 
vanished, Well out in a valley about one mile from camp I 
found the skinned carcass of a horse which had reached a de~- 
cayed and odoriferous stage but had not yet been visited by 
either eoyates or vultures. Later in the day I saw a single 
condor soaring above the carcass bit the great bird did not 
venture to alight. Neat the camp much of the roadside vege- 
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tation is undoubtly introduced plants such as chella cactus, 
burclover, alfilinia, yellow mustard, and other weeds. An- 
emer ¢com@on introduced plant was watercress which grew thick- 
ly in all the amall streams bordering the meadowland, 
Rained hard all night but cleared soon after sunrise. The 
mountains surrounding the valley were covered by fresh snow 
down to an elevation of about 12,000 feet but the snow soon 
dissipated it. At noon I packed uv the outfit and broke camp 
moving down the valley into the eangon of the Huaroconde River 
to Chospiyoc where a rickety Indian Bridge and a few mts are 
situated not far from the old Inca fortress of Huata. The 
meadows near the pueblo of Nuarocondo were flooded by the re- 
eont rains and the river issvine from the Anta plain was a 
turbulent brick red stream heavily loaded by sediment. Our 
road lay directly thru the pueble which looked at a distanee 
rather piesturesque and eheerful with its red tiled houses, mud 
walls plaza and church, Within the gates however it was like 

