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were fetched out, killed, plucked and cooked over the street 

 fire which was kept going all the time. One of the maids, 

 a Jamaican, seemed absolutely indifferent to the risk of 

 falling walls and made trip after trip to the kitchen and 

 storeroom. She stayed with us all day and promised to come 

 on succeeding days. Of course she obtained food for herself 

 and her little son by so doing, but there were few servants 

 who stayed for any consideration. She made us coffee, 

 cooked and helped pack and was invaluable. During the 

 late morning two men from the hotel, who had been away 

 hunting, rode in with a deer, half of which was given to the 

 Weldon party. Faithful Emily made it into a venison stew, 

 in which many beside the hotel group participated. 



After the packing, three iron bedsteads with their springs 

 and mattresses were passed out through the windows and 

 set up in the street. Upright boards were fastened to head 

 and foot, and others across these, and the structures so formed 

 were covered with pieces of galvanized iron from the wrecked 

 roofs lying inside the hotel. More iron, quilts and other 

 odds and ends made sides. Small baggage and our two 

 trunks containing specimens were run under the beds to be 

 kept dry, other trunks were piled along the sides and boards 

 laid against them. This kept all our salvage safe from thieves, 

 who had begun to appear. It rained at intervals all day, 

 but lightly, so that packing was little interfered with, and 

 all day there were almost constant earthquake shocks and 

 trembles of varying intensity. 



In the meantime, railroad communication with San Jose 

 had been restored and we were delighted to have a visit 

 from Professor Tristan, who had come to see how some of 

 his relatives and we had fared. He was astounded when he 

 saw the condition of our room. This visit gave us the 

 opportunity to take leave in person of the one who did 

 most and so much to make our year in Costa Rica 



