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Ficurse 1.—Paricutin Volcano at time of its outbreak, showing position of eye- 
witnesses. 
. Direction of plow furrow. 
. Dionisio Pulido. 
. Demetrio Toral. 
Vent of volcano. 
Depression along fissure. 
The original fissure. 
. Piedra del Sol. 
. Path taken by Aurora Cuara. 
. A secondary crack of fissure. 
. Road to Paricutin and Parangaricutiro. 
. Paula Rangel de Pulido. 
. Pine trees. 
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cutiro) and in a loud voice I cried: ‘Santo Sefior de los Milagros, you brought me 
into this world—now save me from the dangers in which I am about to die,” and 
I looked toward the fissure from whence rose the smoke, and my fear, for the 
first time, disappeared. I ran to see if I could save my family and my companions 
and my oxen, but I did not see them, and thought that they had taken the oxen 
to the spring for water. When I saw that there was no longer any water in 
the spring, for it was near the fissure, I thought the water was lost because of 
the fissure. Then, very frightened, I mounted my mare and galloped to Paricutin, 
where I found my wife and son and friends awaiting, fearing that I might be 
dead, and that they would never see me again. On the road to Paricutin I thought 
of my little animals, the yoke oxen, that were going to die in that flame and 
smoke but upon arriving at my house I was happy to see that they were there. 
At no time did Pulido notice any heat in the ground about the spot. 
