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on narrow gauge road to Jesus Maria and to morrow will start with animals and many fox mountains west of here.

Jesus Maria Sept 9.  Since last writings, Went up into hills west of here as intended and made 3 camps got comparatively little a deer, a good series of a big eared Sitomys found there a half dozen of a kind of lizard called by the natives escorpion. It has a long body short tail and short legs. It moves with a gliding motion from side to side like a snake and appears to use it's feet and legs very little. It goes very slowly and is easily overtaken. It lives among the grass and rocks on the hill side and is tolerably common. In color it is a dull green or brown.  

After a week in the hills we came down to rancho near base of same about 3 miles from Jesus Maria station. Mr N took the train the next day for San Luis and I stayed at the rancho

Transcription Notes:
Sitomys - a genus the lizard found in Jesus Maria may be the "scorpion lizard".