1892 
£ound Sl-saodon. Spemophllus m erwnis. nod Spermophtlua spil ogoma 
v 
Atemajac 
(Jalisco) 
/ 
May 16 
its tipper wall of cliff, a PeotoMa* Sj^aod<M t and 2 other species of 
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Sitosays were scetram* 
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Tho Barranca has a small representation of the coast fauna* such 
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Guadalajara it is essentially a part of the great central plain of 
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Mexico. 
On the 20th and 21st, the first signs of the rainy season were 
Guadalajara 
(Jalisco) 
noted in heavy thunder-head clouds, rolling thunder, and a sprinkle 
May 21 
to of rain in the afternoon* 
May 31 
The country is nor stirred up over the approaching elect!on of 
a president, and President Dias and his party are using every effort 
for his re-election, while the anti-Dias party consisting mainly of 
the clericals and their supporters are working to defeat him* 
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Curiously enough, the students of the State College here are anti- 
Dias and lave been holding meetings to air their ideas, When they 
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began to show their leaning, the President of the College, with the 
Jefe Politico, called them together and gave them a talk to try and 
put an end to this feeling, hut without avail. The students appoint¬ 
ed a meeting or. the Alernda, but when they reached the spot they 
found the place occupied by police, so they moved out to beyond one 
of the garitae. This meeting was a failure, and another "was called 
to meet outside the city gates in a mall canon. 
While waiting here I made a visit to the Hospioio situated just 
cn the eastern border of town. This is one of the finest charitable 
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institutions to be found anywhere, It contains 400 orphans (100 boys 
and 300 girls) of all ages from infants to girls of 18 or 20* The 
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