1894 
Catemaco 
April 
young at a time and the female carries it about with her until it is 
half-grown or more. Although the flight of the female is rather heavy 
when the young get to be large, it is surprising to see hoi?' active 
they are with a young one weighing about a third as much as the parent. 
In addition to these fruit eaters were a number of bats of the genus 
Ifolossns. These lived in crevices under the tiles and at intervals the 
males uttered a ourious series of chattering and squeaking notes that 
had considerable variation and undoubtedly formed a song. These notes 
were usually heard at night or in morning and evening. In addition 
they had a curious low chattering note and low squeaky notes uttered in 
a conversational tone which arose to sharp querulous cries of complaint 
as they shuffled about and interfered one with another. 
% the use of castnets and a few seines, many fish are taken from 
the lake here. In the wet season tobacco is g r own and in the dry 
season the people do little but hunt, fish, and odd jobs. Several fact¬ 
ories of cigars and cigarettes exist here and at San Andres. Several 
small craters,- one containing a very deep lake called the Laguna En» 
oantada, exist near Catenaeo. Over Laguna Encantada was seen a pair of 
Harpy Eagles during our stay here. A good soda spring exists on the 
border of the lake a few miles above the town. Owing to the sluggish 
drainage of the lake its water is warm and of a brownish color although 
the tributary springs are of crystalline clearness. 
Many canoes of various sizes are in use on the lake,- the larger 
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ones having sail and oars, the others paddles. They are similar to 
the canoes on the San Juan and about Tlaeotalpam. After several days 
a hunting party was organized and I went with them across the lake. 
The wooded mountains coming down on about two-thirds of the lake 
shore and then rising back to summits 6,000 to 8,000 feet give the 
surroundings much the same picturesque air of Lake Patzouaro. Several 
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