1894 
Yacoohi 
through the rooky lanes among the houses, so steep that stones or sticks 
are often set in to form a series of rude steps, we came out on a level 
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platform above the living houses. On this levelled space about 50 by 
75 yards aoross are built the church and a couple of small public 
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buildings,- all of the rudest character* They are all thatched with 
grass and the church walls are of stone, badly earthquake cracked. Hear 
one edge of the platform a grass thatched shelter on 4 posts covered two 
bells founded in 1704* Ho one was about and we had to wait for our 
packers to arrive. As we passed through the terra, a large share of the 
houses were closed and we learned afterward that the people were away 
in various places working, as the village lost its crop last year owing 
to too much rain, A odd wind came aoross the ridge above us driving 
over masses of misty vapor that hid the main summits and often drifted 
down into the valley. 
Finally our men earn® and an hour was spent trying to get some of 
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the local authorities up to get permission to occupy a room in one of 
the public buildings. The men I had as carriers belong here and one of 
them finally opened one of the houses and I took possession. After a 
while we found a local messenger of the authorities called n tupil M , and 
paid him to bring some firewood. Oar horses were staked out on some 
steep slopes nearby where a little grass is found. At sunset a raw wind 
swept down from the high ridge above us and made ray woolen underclothing 
very serviceable, 
July 5th to 8th* The morning after our arrival the head man of the 
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village (Presidente) came up and I explained to him the object of my 
visit, but he acted shy and unoomfortable all the time and after assent¬ 
ing to our remaining went off as soon as possible, % continued working 
the vicinity of this place with very good success for several days, 
the people acting chy and distrustful but not interfering with our going 
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