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A little beyond the LImnanthemum pool the railroad en- 

 tered Paraiso, the first village and station east of Cartago. 

 We rode to Paraiso on horseback several times, the road 

 being a fairly good one, but we found little of interest as it 

 ran through pasture and farm land on rather poor soil. On 

 one of these rides, on December 6, we noticed many hawks, 

 large and small. Paraiso was a much smaller town than 

 Cartago, its streets paved roughly with stone. It was chiefly 

 remarkable for the large church on the Plaza, with a single 

 very tall tower, which unusual feature made it a landmark 

 for miles. 



In March, 1910, we spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. C. H. 

 Lankester at Cachi, a small village in the midst of coffee 

 farms and beneficios on the south side of the Rio Reventazon; 

 Cachi is three miles northeast of Orosi and three miles east 

 of Paraiso — in air-lines. It is most easily reached from Par- 

 aiso, whither we went by train on March 3. Mr. Lankester 

 sent horses to meet us and we started down at once, for 

 Cachi is about "an hour and a half" from Paraiso in good 

 weather. We followed a road, whose windings over the bare 

 reddish hills of Paraiso we had often watched from the 

 train, descending steadily, as Cachi lies 1000 feet lower than 

 Paraiso. The ride was both beautiful and interesting. On 

 the last hill we passed the ruins of the old stone church of 

 Ujarras, which is said to date from the sixteenth century 

 and to be the oldest Spanish church now remaining in Costa 

 Rica. 



Cachi is now a small hamlet, but before the railroad was 

 built it was of some importance and had a large native 

 population. Much coffee is grown in the main and side 

 valleys about Cachi and in shipping season long trains of 

 ox-carts wind up the hilly road and Paraiso is a busy station. 

 There is no other occupation, however. The village consists 

 of two or three roads with lines of houses straggling along 



