1892 
Itz&tlan 
(Jalisoo) 
June 
Bats with 
Young 
something to cling to and grasped a finger or other object and 
clung to it instinctively. Even when quite small they squeaked and 
bit viciously when handled, (h skinning one of the females. I found 
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the teat to which the young one was fastened had a well-developed 
set of milk glands. 
Several females flew heavily away earring their young. 3 of 
which were afterward found secreted in the rocks a few yards away 
where they had been carried by the parent. These however were nearly 
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large enough to fly. 
These vampires are very abundant near Ameca and I was told that 
they kill great numbers of cattle by biting and making wounds which 
are then soon filled with maggots and the animal soon dies. One 
district near there is so infested by them that the cattle are 
driven out at beginning of rainy season to prevent their all being 
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killed in this way. Prom these mines I secured two other bats, one 
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being a smaller species of the extensive tongue kind. 
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The morning of the 23rd. finding that I could not take all ay 
outfit in the diligencla. I hired a man with 2 saddle animals and 
pack mule and started for Guadalajara. A late start brought us to 
Ahualuleo at 1 p,m. and to Ten chit lan at 6 p.m. with a lame pack 
mule. Samos days ago 2 violent hail showers visited Ahualuleo and 
a messenger was sent posthaste for a priest and the image of the 
Virgin in the church at It z at lan. She was taken in a carriage with 
the priest to Ahualuleo followed by a long procession of men and 
women on foot while the bell in the church at Itzatlan tolled slowly 
like a knell to express the sorrow over her departure. She was kept 
in Ahualuleo while 9 masses were said to secure against further hail. 
Today, less than a week later, while on the road east of Ahualuleo. 
a terrific storm of rain and hail fell from a cloud at the foot of 
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