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Yacoehi 
to about 4000 feet but the regular forest is from 5000 to 7000 feet. 
It does not amount to much in today’s route but is mall and scattered 
and mixed with oaks,, A large part of the hillslopes are grown error 
with small bushes and herbaceous plants. 
After skirting the ridge back of Yalalag for some miles, we crossed 
it and began a series of sharp up and down steep slopes for the rest of 
the day. Descending into a canon bottom at 5000 feet we at once began 
the ascent to the opposite crest at 7000 feet and then down to less than 
6000 feet, only to go up again to 7800 feet at Yaeochi. Everywhere a- 
long the roadside trails branched off to little fields cultivated on 
slopes so steep that many plaoes could only be cultivated by hand. 
Mud walled huts with roofs thatched with grass made the homes of the 
people and very few signs of domestic animals were seen. A few oxen 
and dogs with rarely a hearse, burro, or mule made up the list of farm 
animals although chickens and turkeys are seen at nearly every ranch, 
The people came out and gazed at us, surprised, as we went by and a few 
who could talk a little Spanish wished to know where w© were going. At 
about 6600 foot the oaks became more dense and the trees larger and 
continued to increase as we ascended above this, though the pines ceased 
at about 7000 feet and were replaced by oaks,- a thing that has never 
occurred in our previous experience in this country. Mary speoiee of 
plants new to us were also noted. 
At 4 p.ra. we climbed up a long excessively steep slope and entered 
the straggling Mije village of Yacochi. It is perched on a high pro¬ 
jecting shoulder of a ridge leading out on the western side of Mount 
Zempoaltepeo at an altitude of 7800 feet. The main peak is separated 
from the hill on which the village stands by a deep gorge-like canon, 
the hill of the village and the peak being at the two points of a semi¬ 
circle opening to the south with the canon in the gulch. Climbing up 
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