1894 
San Pablo 
Yaganiza 
Yalalag 
Yalalag (about 6 or 7 miles further)* At this I set to work and per¬ 
suaded my men who had come from San Miguel to go on to Yalalag, al¬ 
though the Pro si dents of San Miguel had positively insisted that they 
would go no farther than the present place. The President© hung about 
for an hour after he had been paid for the com feed and finally asked 
on® of ry men to ask me to give him 3j/ for bringing the feed, which I 
did, K® constantly kept, some yards away with the distrustful air of 
Borne half wild animal* 
In the evening, just as m were going to bed, a number of young 
fellows earn* and pushed the door open and came into the room evidently 
curious to see the strangers. They were good-natured and some of them 
talked a little Spanish* Severs! of them wished to knew if we needed 
men to go on with ue, announcing their readiness to do so* Coming 
directly after the President©*e statement that no men could be obtained 
here, it scorned rather strange, !hy these officials her® and at San 
Miguel should assume an obstructive policy is difficult to understand* 
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July Si At 7 a,m*, we left for Yalalag, The road leads along the 
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hillside for s. couple of miles and then down a long steep slope to a 
river lying at 'kf j* ©3?iX^v^ X300 ^ 1*1 vg fiCL-00© 0 ^* "t/luxs 
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trying descent as well as about San Pablo Y&g&ntza the climate is arid 
tropical, ere are some scattered scrubby oaks but most of the vegeta¬ 
tion is that of the arid tropical areas. 
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At the river we overtook the President® and a number of people from 
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Yagnnisa on their wry to the market at Yalalagj this being the regular 
day. At the crossing here we were surprised to see a fine suspension 
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bridge swung from bank to bank of the stream* It was made of heavy 
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cables formed of strong grapevines lashed into large round ropes, 
several of these united below as the foundation of the bridge. On 
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