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shell. Bats* On® large one -sms broa^it in by a native 'who said he 
shot it as it hung among the thick branches of a mango tree, Eoithro- 
Yantepee 
1 eaugpat me along a stone mil bordered by bamboo and large 
grass, Lems * Esther comm but hard to procure at this season m 
account of abundance of cover and the fact that they never cob® out to 
feed in daytime. Several specimens wer© bought from the natives, they 
s re probably the same as that taken at Cuernavaca, 
;* Common, 
They scam to live vary often beneath the floors of buildings. 
Birds at Yaafcepec * fear list of birds see original notebook # 2, 
Vegetation* The vegetation here is such the same as at Cuernavaca, 
the same fruits grew here and perhaps the Chiriaoya and enema and rasaay 
my bo. added* The limestone hills, however, are covered almost entirely 
by a flora differing from that of the surrounding courtly, A striking 
plant of these hills is a kind, of wild fas palm. They grow a bare stem 
from 10 to 15 feet in height ami at the top a bunch of the fan- shaped 
leaves. 
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natives mast pay them regular visits, for I noticed that 
all the larger ones have notches out in the trunks for climbing, 
Soto* We left Yaatepee January 18, The water has a bad reputa- 
tion both here and at Cuernavaca and elsewhere. Hr, S, got a tretib lo- 
ses® diarrhea and towards the last 1 was slightly affected is the s mm 
way, Mr, H, had plained & trip to Jo jut la and to the cave of Caeiruamilpa 
for bats, Ee caught a cold and cams near having pneumonia and a hemorr- 
hage of the lungs, Z had by this time been feeling dull for earn time, 
Mr, 1, concluded to leave the State and move bask in the state of Mexico, 
Wo got tickets and ©hooked om* baggage on the *'2erro Carril Oceanic o :f 
far Aaeeamoea, On the trey. Hr, 11, concluded to go on to the City and 
get braced up, I stopped with outfit at Jhaeoa, 1 hunted up the hotel 
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del Tarro Carril,- Eon Manuel Tirado, Prop,§ and. In a few days discovered 
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