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ties seen, streams clear and fish few. Insects not abundant, 

 apparently in quiescent state in many cases, seeking moisture 

 by burying themselves beneath leaves and stones. Butterflies 

 worn and not abundant. Vegetation not luxuriant, whitening 

 on the mountain sides. 



January 16, 1905. — At Los Amates, on the Motagua River, 

 a station on the railroad, sixty miles from Puerto Barrios, rail- 

 road section 14, elevation 160 feet. The railroad is divided 

 into sections of variable lengths, usually between four and five 

 miles, and these sections are numbered from the coast towards 

 the interior. Conditions about Los Amates are humid and 

 tropical. Cannas and other large leaved Monocots, not 

 observed commonly or at all at Gualan, are abundant. Bam- 

 boos grow to a large size. Rainfall abundant and likely to 

 occur at any time of the day or night. Weather alwaj^s cloudy 

 and cool in the morning. Collected at a swamp near the rail- 

 road buildings and along a tributary of the Motagua about 

 three-fourths mile below town. The swamp above mentioned is 

 alonside the railroad track, its area is approximateh' three 

 fourths acre. It is of very uniform depth, about two to two 

 and one-half feet at this season. It is filled with small float- 

 ing, grass-covered islands on which jacanas love to search for 

 food. During sunshiny periods of the day before about four 

 P. M. dragonflies are very abundant about this pond or swamp 

 which contains many small fish. The tributary of the Motagua 

 visited on this day has an average width, near the railroad 

 bridge, of fifteen or twenty feet. Its banks are steep, more or 

 less overhanging and beaches are rare. I followed the bed of 

 this stream for possibly three-fourths mile. Much of this dis- 

 tance is in shade. Near this stream are a number of dark, 

 quiet pools, shallow and shaded by Monaca palms and appar- 

 ently devoid of odonate life. 



January 17, 1905. — Crossed the Motagua and followed a trail 

 at right angles to the river. Above the first hill is a flat 

 prairie country of peculiar appearance. Small streams lose 

 themselves in the rank grass which grows above one's head. 

 Occasional low shrub clumps alone relieve the monotony of the 

 immediate landscape. Below Los Amates the railroad crosses 



