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ston, etc. The canned butter is extremely nice, and 

 butter is a great luxury in Mexico. The Mexicans 

 never eat it, and it is impossible to get, except at the 

 American hotels in the large cities. As for meat, it is 

 an easy matter to keep the table supplied with birds 

 and venison. 



It is the part of prudence to take a small medicine- 

 case containing- o-ood g-eneral remedies, which should 

 include absolute ammonia, to be used for scorpion or 

 tarantula bites. The ammonia is used both externally 

 and internally ; for internal use take a few drops in 

 water every half hour until relieved. This will prob- 

 ably not be needed, for the danger of scorpion and 

 tarantula bites in Mexico is much exaggerated ; how- 

 ever it is well to be on the safe side, remembering the 

 old adage about the ounce of prevention. 



Several candle lanterns (made by the Abercrombie 

 & Fitch Company) and a supply of candles were added 

 to our outfit. 



We planned for observation and photography rather 

 than collecting ; so my husband took for general use 

 only a small-bore (28 gauge) double-barrelled shot-gun 

 and jjlenty of paper shells, which answered every 

 requirement, both for providing the table with meat 

 and for securing birds and other specimens for identi- 

 fication. We took a long-focus, four-by-five Premo 

 camera and a kodak of the same size, and twenty-four 

 dozen plates and films ; besides ruby lantern and a 



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