1882 
Guadalajara 
(Jalisco) 
May 3 
to 
May 11 
May IS 
Atemajae 
(Jalisco) 
May 16 
(National bird) by many because its colors are red, -white , and 
green,- the national colors of Mexico, 
On Sunday, the 15th, very little traffic -Eras on the road, and 
church was opened by the firing of rackets before and during the 
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service. During the day, 8 or 10 men, each on a small raft, made 
of dry banana stalks, spent some hours floating down the stretch of 
still water by the Hacienda and throwing cast nets, they caught 
sane catfish weighing from 1 to 5 pounds. It was an interesting 
sight to see them drifting down together throwing the white 
netted disks, with the tall cliffs for a background. 
Today we packed up and moved camp to the village of Atemajae, 
just above the head of the tributary canon down which the trail 
runs to the ford from Guadalajara, It is also the end of a street¬ 
car line from town. There I found a room and several days were 
spent there trapping. Along the stream here are several mills, 
owned by a Spanish gentleman,where cotton cloth, paper, and flour 
are made. One of these mills is surrounded by a high mil pierced 
for musketry and with several bastions at its angles and evidently 
having served as a fort during the days when the french invasion 
and civil wars made it necessary. 
After a few days here, during which I obtained the most character¬ 
istic mammals, I returned to town leaving my assistant to continue 
the work. 
On the plains about Atemajac, I took 2 species of Sjtamya and 
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