169 Dominican Fossils — Maury 



party crossed a small hill capped with soft limestone and found 

 there casts of the large Spo?idylus americanus, which proved a 

 good index fossil in stratigraphic work. Casts of Area, Venus 

 and corals were also found. 



Rompina was not yet found and the party was lost and 

 obliged to stop for the night at Ranchadero (7 on the map) 

 Here they slept in a gallinero (hen house). The host assigned 

 this to the guests, first gravely untethering his game rooster and 

 carrying it to the store. The party slept in hammocks, but were 

 much worried about the horses, fearing ladrones (bandits) might 

 steal them in the night. Ranchadero is on the Mao to Guayu- 

 bin road where it passes the edge of the Rio Yaqui flood plain. 

 The barometric reading was 170 feet altitude at Ranchedera. 



Passing through Cerro Gordo (8 on map), the party met 

 with rebels and vialo gente, who hotly disputed whether it would 

 not be well to begin the killing of the Americans with these, — 

 " Bueno para empezar con estos a matar los Americanos!" 



The next stop was Cana (9 on map) on Rio Cana on the 

 Mao-Guayubin road. Above the ford at Cana a fine fossiliferous 

 bed of Serpulorbis papulosa was found. The party camped 

 that night in a tent near the Rompino river, a tributary of the 

 Cana. There were a few houses there and the natives were brist- 

 ling with knives. The next day an attempt was made to follow 

 up the Cana river, but the party was misled by the cow-paths, 

 which are exactly like the trails. But the following day a de- 

 serted shack was found back of the river. This shack Lalo (the 

 guide) pronounced to be the true Rompino {Rompino verdadeiro) 

 (10 on map). Finding nothing there, Los Quemados was made 

 the next objective point. 



Since Los Quemados is on the south side, the party had to 

 cross the Sambas. First a trail was followed, then an old ma- 

 quina (machine) road, formerly used in hauling gold- washing 

 machinery across the Sambas to the old mines. This road is 

 wide, still in fair condition, with wheels and pieces of iron scat- 

 tered along. It led? up and up to 870 feet altitude on its summit 



