372 A YEAR OF COSTA RICAN NATURAL HISTORY 



our return to San Jose at the conclusion of our August visit. 

 The train was scheduled to leave Turrucares about 2.30 

 P. M. We awaited it at the station, but as it had not ar- 

 rived at five, we went back to the Custodio's house for some 

 coffee, leaving our unlocked belongings inside the enclosed 

 station with no one to watch over them, yet they were un- 

 touched when we returned to take the train. 



Around Turrucares, at this time, some of the peons were 

 wearing shoes, some were barefoot and a few wore sandals 

 consisting of a leather sole, larger than the foot, and held in 

 place by a thong which came up from the sole between the 

 great toe and the one next and was passed around the ankle 

 and tied on itself. Among the soldiers in the streets of San 

 Jose I saw both barefooted and shod, but do not recall these 

 sandals, although we saw them sometimes near Cartago 

 and in the market there. 



Leaving the hamlet we reached the little river in some 

 twenty minutes. The road was that over which we trav- 

 eled in August on horseback toward Tinamaste, when it was 

 fearfully muddy. To-day it was entirely dry but with very 

 deep ruts and a month or so later was probably as deep in 

 dust as it had been in mud. We found the potreros and 

 fringes of trees bordering the Tizate good collecting ground 

 and in consequence covered only a short distance in the 

 four hours spent in its pretty valley. The surrounding 

 country is uneven and rolling, with many small conical hills 

 having rounded tops. 



P. repeated this trip to the Tizate on April 10, 1910, com- 

 ing by the extra Sunday train from Atenas station to Tur- 

 rucares in fifteen minutes and then walking southeast to the 

 river. Along the road here and there were some roble trees 

 {Couralia rosea). In early February, at Orotina, Professor 

 Tristan had photographed one for me — all covered with 

 pink flowers. These had but a few flowers left, but many 



