ALA J U EL A AND THE VOLCANO POAS 359 



smelt him before he scrambled up and realized he would not 

 "bite." 



We arrived at El Brazil at nine-thirty Thursday night and 

 were most warmly welcomed by the servants, who had ex- 

 pressed the greatest fears of never seeing us again. To 

 them it was tempting Providence to go to the volcano so 

 soon after an eruption. 



On Saturday, January 29, Mr. Clark visited the Poas 

 crater again. The gray-white ash was then markedly yel- 

 low and the leaves were showing the blighting effects of the 

 deposit. Even the thickest and most leathery leaves, like 

 those of the myrtles and ericads, were spotted, yellow and 

 withering. Many had fallen already. In the upper wood 

 trail the ground was strewn with shrivelled leaves and in 

 consequence the path was much lighter and many branches 

 looked quite bare. This injury was only temporary, how- 

 ever, for in the winter of 191 3 Mr. and Mrs. Clark went to 

 Poas and found the bushes around the crater as green as 

 ever, they having only dropped their leaves and sprouted 

 out again. 



