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makes use of a large number of plants, among which is the 
“quelite” (Amarantus Palimeri) which covers immense areas of 
land subject to overflow e tender stems less than a yard in 
height make excellent fone while the adult plants, which often 
reach a height of eight or ten feet, furnish an abundance of small 
shiny seeds which are gathered by the women and stored in the 
basket granaries. These seeds are cooked into an insipid gruel 
Fic, 27. Boiling lake and mud volcanoes, Baja California. 
reminiscent of breakfast foods, and are doubtless of great nutri- 
tive value. 
he most interesting feature of the region, however, consisted 
in the great number of mud vulcanoes covering an area of about 
two square miles on the southern shore of Volcano Lake. These 
are in a state of activity and the soil near them is extremely highly 
charged with saline matter and sulphur. Sesuvium sessile was 
abundant in places but extensive areas here were absolutely 
