152 A YEAR OF COSTA RICAN NATURAL HISTORY 



range after range of hills beyond the river and its valley. 

 Indeed we lingered many times along this road and on the 

 Jocosal to admire the lovely views. Past "Navarro" we 

 rode on to the iron bridge spanning the united Navarro 

 and Agua Caliente Rivers on the left fork of the road while 

 the right fork goes on to Orosi. 



On April 12, 1910, with two guests from the hotel, A. rode 

 over the Jocosal by another road, which followed a little 



To Cart ago via 

 Du.lce Nomhre 

 T'.>- _ 



To Cartago via 

 tkz raraiso road 



To Agua Caliente 



Orange. Farms To Orosi 

 £, CacriL 





Sketch Map of Junction of Navarro and Agua Caliente Rivers. 



side valley and commanded even finer views. In one shel- 

 tered "pocket" was a perfect thicket of tree-ferns, the most 

 luxurious growth of them that I saw anywhere in Costa Rica. 

 This was a particularly clear brilliant day, even the tops of 

 the distant Las Cruces mountains being visible for a while. 

 Great numbers of the dragonfly Hetcerina cruentata were 

 flying in the road, their glittering metallic bodies and the 

 blood-red spots on the wings flashing in the sunshine. There 

 were swarms of them, in places, and as we rode along they 

 lit upon the horses' manes and ears as fearlessly as flies. 

 At about the highest part of this road we came upon a 



