1892 
Ahualulco 
(San L, Potosl) 
San Luis Pot o si 
(San Luis Petoei) 
Jesus Maria 
M M®scal s! , and other native n lioares". 
all containing e 
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.siderable 
alcohol,* yet very for become intoacioated. 
I w yesterday a sparrcrtiasafic, the only one in some time, Sage 
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sparrows arc also tolerably common here, 1 hate seen nothing of the 
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large woo^ecJEer and graekie common at Hacienda La Par&da, yet they 
msrt bo hero, I hare soon several oofct«teils and squirrels, and this 
morning & 3&©k rabbit crossed the trail in front of me. 
August SO * I ease in on the train Sunday ©rosing, as intended. 
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Found Mr, !, sitting m his bed with two young ladies,- giving then, a 
lessen in English, he said. 
Yesterday was spent hunting bosses for shipping specimens and getting 
provisions for a trip south about 20 mile®, Intended to take train at 
5* SO but did not get ready In time, so remain another day, 
Shis morning ease down to market and bought three he-ms which vm 
mde spec tens of. 
August 80 * We tot* train at St SO and earn© south on narrow gauge 
road to Jesus Maria and t«mr will start with animals and man for 
mounts. las west of hare. 
Sept, 9 - Since last writing went up into hills west of hero as in- 
tended and mad© three camps. Got; eoc^arativoly little,- a door, a good 
series of a big-onrod Sit gays found there, a half-dozen of a kind of 
lisard called by the natives n eeecrpion ;t . It has a long body, short 
tail, and short legs, It moves with a sliding motion from side to side 
like a snake and appears to us® its feet and legs very little. It goes 
very slowly and is easily overtaken. It lives among -oho grass ami 
rooks on the hillside and is tolerably cornea, la color it is a dull 
green or brown. 
