1894 
head of the lady has a broad smooth forehead and a togue-ltke headdress 
Amecameca 
(Mexico) 
coming down by the ears giving an Egyptian cast to the head* 
January 
Then came quickly forth the stars hanging their twinkling lights 
over the crest and an answering gleam shines forth from an Indian camp- 
fire high up in the midst of the huge blackness that now indicates the 
mountain* 
When the moon shines full I have watched it rise many a night over 
this mountain and never without a feeling of strange exaltation as the 
pale light swept over the snowy summit and down along the sides reveal¬ 
ing sculptured cliffs and deep canons lying revealed in a wondrous 
beauty whose spirit seemed to pervade one’s entire being until all feel¬ 
ing except that of rapt and exquisite pleasure seemed to have gone. 
January 4 
Failed to arrange for my outfit yesterday so am delayed here another 
day. The weather is beautifully clear and the view of the mountains is 
very fine. I have finally found the name of the small rabbit. Lepus 
/ f 
diazi, The Spanish name is te-por-in-go. and the Indian name is 
sa-ca-to-po-lin. The small rabbit is also called sa-ca-te-por-rin-go. 
Seeing a funeral procession going up the side of the Saoro Monte, 
I followed, A winding road up through the cypresses and oaks hung with 
Tillandsia. Beautiful vistas were caught of the valleys and mountains 
until the summit was reached. There I found a chapel and the entire 
platform of the summit around this serves as a burial ground. Flat 
slabs a little above the general surface and cemented down to rubble 
or brick-work cap the graves and bear the inscriptions, each stone stat¬ 
ing the name, age, and date of decease. Below this is given the name 
t 
of the person who placed the slab, or states that the sons, daughters, 
or husband or other relative as the ease may be erected this slab in 
memory of deceased. Descending from the summit on the southeast side 
of the hill, I found a sort of niche-like platform cut back into the 
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