1894 
Catexnaoo 
April 
rang© lying a few miles back. She lake is about 8 by 3 to 4 miles and 
the greatest known depth is 46 feet. It is evidently a volcanic lake 
formed by the uplifting of the lower end of a small valley into which 
flow numerous fine large springs. Various species of fish common in 
the river forming the outlet occur in the lake as well. Numerous cai¬ 
mans. 
We rode into the town and I delivered rry letter of introduction to 
the Alcalde and with his aid we soon were installed in a large house 
vacant except for a large colony of bats. Evening had set in before we 
were settled and the Alcalde had ordered a couple of men to be brought 
out of jail to bring our baggage to the house. He then called one of 
them to one side and I heard him say to him in an undertone with a 
fatherly inflection, "Now, if I leave you here to wait on these gentle- 
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men you will not go away, will you?" "No, sir," replied the prisoner, 
whereupon the Alcalde came forward and informed me that he would leave 
the man to attend to any service I had for him. He then took us out 
and after going to a oouple of houses found some people who were willing 
to furnish us meals. He then took us to his own house for supper and we 
met his wife and two attractive looking daughters of 14 and 17 years. 
This family is nearly or quite all of Spanish descent ar.d were most un¬ 
expectedly frank and informal in their bearing. 
During the night our servant slept in the hallway saying that he 
would rather sleep there than to go back to the jail for the night. 
Soon after the lights were extinguished a swarm of bats came whirring 
through the rooms, uttering squeaking cries and making it impossible 
to sleep. The next morning I found a considerable number of fruit¬ 
eating bats hanging from the wooden rafters. Many of them were females, 
eaoh of the latter having a young one about one-third grown clinging to 
her breast crosswise. So far as I have seen, bats have but a single 
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