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terior were such that we were most urgently advised to abandon 

 the attempt to reach Santiago, since Desiderio was entrenched 

 there, and geologizing in the lonely thickets would certainly re- 

 sult in our being shot and never heard of again. The sight of 

 seven dead men on the pier at Macoris convinced us that this 

 was no idle fancy. So with profound regret we were forced to 

 abandon the Santiago section and the study of the blue clays of 

 the Upper Yaqui and the Nivaje, but we trust that we may yet 

 accomplish this on a future occasion. 



