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vegetation is thorn-scrub and cacti, except in the narrow strip 
along the river bank. Prom tile air it looks about the same all over 
the peninsula. 
Cordero could undoubtedly fit you out for the trip overland to 
Rio Hacha. H e has a saddle or two of ours, which you could doubtless 
borrow for the ride, and probably a riding mule. B^ros are mainly 
used, and would do for your pack. I dont know how many days it would 
take to reach Rio Hacha; in any event you would doubtless want to 
take it easy and collect along the road. 
A s I wrote you previously, I am strongly of the opinion that 
the ideal time to make this trip would be during the dry season, or 
in other words sometime between December and March. But % dont think 
it would be at all impossible to do it before December, provided you 
used the launch route from Maracaibo to Carrasquero. I went by that 
route two years ago; we left Maracaibo well before daylight and made 
Carrasquero late that evening. 
>^e have a representative in Maracaibo, a lawyer named J c s6 
Angel Spice, who would probably be useful to you. We could easily 
get you a letter to him from the Boston office and he would send 
you along to Antonio Cordero. Should you think seriously of taking 
this trip, let me know in time and I will ask the B 0 ston folks to 
let you use the Carrasquero house; or you can write direct to Mr. 
A.A.Pollan, Executive Vice president, if you prefer. I feel sure 
there will be no difficulty in making arrangements. 
Always faithfully yours. 
