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near the foot of the mt. down to [[strikethrough]] San Andres [[/strikethrough]] Chal.  In the trees & bushes (oaks & alders) along the roadside here were great numbers of birds evidently drawn here by the water in the open flume.  

A drink from the sparkling stream & we went on, winding up among the starting wheat fields and soon reached the border of the pine timber, at about 9000 ft.  Up to this point the Geomys & Dipodomys of the plains follow the cultivator but stop abruptly with the border of the unbroken forest.