Ho ppe.nAte.dti. jou Aee ikai it wil He. eaAy £on, you io /ind it/it 

 will de. ihe. JLi/iAt la/ige. onqano on Ca/idon you will £ind on the 

 killA Hehind Coapam on the /toad io Zapoiiilan. On ihe. Aame zioad 

 (Litt £un.ihen, down you will -/Lind anothen. o/igano which n.eacheA 

 ihe Aame. coloAAal dimenAionA cla ttte. P iloceneuA Roppe.nAie.dti 

 and which you would /tiAk con^uAing wiih ii and ihai iA the 

 7e.ie.izo which goeA unden, thiA name Hy all ihe nativeA and you 

 pn.oHaHly alAo know ii HecauAe it exiAiA uIao nean, Calipam and 

 Ha £/iuüa a/ie. Aold in the. man.ke.tA. T unihen. io diAÜnguiAh ihe. 

 Pilo ce.sie.uA JLnom ihe. 1 eteza it iA enough io point oui that the. 

 JLi/iAt one Hean.A a tu-j^i ojL iawny wool HecauAe the, Aecond iA 

 depnived iheneoJL. Ihe. HoianiAiA have in ge.ne.fial given ihe. name. 

 o-fL Cen.euA( i. e. Cien.geA ) io all the. O/iganoA ex.cept io ihoAe which 

 Hean on ihe top of. thein. HnancheA and AomeiimeA down the. AideA 

 iu-fLtA ofi wooly AuppontA £0/1 ihe. £lowe./iA ; iheAe wean. the. name. 

 o/ Pilo ceneuA, i. e. cien.geA a JLnail. AIao ihe, 7e.ie.izo iA a Cen,euA; 

 I have. lejLt him £on. you unden, hiA naiive name. and have. decided 



10 give him ihe JLull name. o£ CeneuA 7 etezo . 



7 he. Q oionoAtle, the Chiotilla, the. Qan,amHello; iheAe ane alAo 

 ofi the. Ce.fie.uA £amily . 7 he Piloce/ieuA can.ny among ihe nativeA 

 the name ojt ihe Viejo(ihe old one) on. Ongano Viejo. 7 he HeAt 

 known o/ Pilocen,euA iA PH. 7emeliA , vulga/ily known aA ihe 

 viellando deA gningoA on. the old whitey / I am Aune you know 

 ii, HecauAe you talked io me aHout it Hut ii doeA not occun in 

 youn. envin.onment. jou have Aeven,al ApecieA o£ P ilo cen,euA ; ihe 

 moAi neman.kaH.le one in addition io PH. Ho p penAtedti iA a ApecieA 

 which I have called PiloceneuA laten,aliA HecauAe inAtead oJL 

 cann.y ing a cap o£ wool on top o-jL the Atem it haA a long line 

 o/ wooly hain.A along the Atem on the no/ith Aide o/ ihe Hnanch; 



11 iA alAo one o£ the ApecieA noiaHle jton Ha coloAAal dimenAionA 

 HecauAe ii /.onmA pillan.A 8-7 0 meien.A heighi which neven, Hnanch 

 and an.e aA ihick aA a human Hody ; Ha ApineA ane white, poliAhed 

 and numenouA/ it can alAo He Aeen on the n.oad io Zapoiiilan when.e 

 it iA called el Viejo. 



{jou will -/Lind on thiA noad which nunA -{Ln.om Coapan io Zapotiillan, 

 and which paAAeA, I Helieve, acnoAA a pontion o-jL youn pn.o peniy , 

 thn.ee ApecieA o£ On,gano which an.e exin,emely neman.kaHle and 

 I would like io call io youn. paniieulan attention: iheAe an,e 

 ihe P ilo cen,euA Ho p penAtedti ; Pilo ceneuA laten.aliA and Cen.euA 

 7 etezo. Uiih ihe din.ectionA I will give you, I am convinced 

 that you will n,eco gnize ihem eaAily; thene an.e on thiA noute 

 only thn.ee ApecieA that an.e o-jL ihe Aame conAidenaHle dimenAionA 

 aA P. Ho p penAtedti and ihe C. 7 etezo iA Hnanched while the P. 

 latenaliA alwayA JLon.mA Aingle columnA . So you cannot n.eally 

 con/uAe ihem. {jou will give me gn.eat pleaAune i£ you would the 

 ■ß.in.At time you paAA thnough that an,ea Aiudy the ihn.ee ApecieA 

 which an.e o/ Apecial inien,eAt io me and aHout which I have 

 van.iouA enquinieA £on you io help me wiih, now on laten, i/ 

 you would He kind enough io collaHonaie wiih me on thiA AuHject. 



