TURRUCARES AND RIO GRANDE DE TARCOLES 385 



tions of structure which we had found in the Juan Viiias 

 falls. 



Although I went to bed early each night at Atenas, I 

 rarely was able to sleep until some hours had passed. The 

 first night or two this was due to sudden strong gusts of wind 

 which rattled every loose thing around the house. One 

 night a nearby accordion wheezed away for several hours 

 and on the night of April 12 the Seiiora and a male voice 

 had a loud and prolonged conversation, which easily pene- 

 trated to the second floor. Then after I had fallen asleep 

 I was awakened by the shaking of the hotel just as it had 

 been by the wind, but this time I knew from the absence of 

 other sounds that it was due to earthquake. A second more 

 severe shock came about one o'clock, but I did not get up 

 and eventually went off" to sleep again. In the morning the 

 Seiiora asked if I had not been afraid of the "temblores." 

 Rumors that this earthquake had been very bad at San 

 Jose reached Atenas and I feared that the railroad might 

 have been affected, but the train left Atenas and arrived 

 in San Jose nearly on schedule. I left this train at the Sabana 

 station, riding thence in the trolley car direct to the Atlantic 

 station, and as we passed through the city many cracked 

 walls, fallen plaster and brickwork testified to the work of 

 destruction. 



