the main station in time to catch the Alvarado steam train. 
However, if the Mexico City train should he late, an auto 
carril leaves the main station at Vera Cruz for Alvarado at 
9:45. This is much more crowded and inconvenient if you have 
much baggage. If you should take the day train from Mexico 
City and want to stay overnight in Vera Cruz, it is convenient 
to stop at the Hotel Terminal which is located in the station 
building and saves a lot of trouble in handling baggage as 
the train porter can bring your stuff directly to your room. 
The other two principal hotels in town are the Imperial and 
the Diligencias, both of which are located on the Plaza in 
the middle of town. This, however, is only a matter of about 
three blocks from the station. There is little to chose in 
the matter of accomodations between the three places. 
The boat which leaves Alvarado, up the Papoloapan River 
for Tlacotalpan, sails at 1 P.M. The boat landing is right 
at the railroad terminal and your luggage can best be loaded 
directly on the boat from the train. There is also a hotel 
and eating place which is not bad (the Chapultepec), Just 
across from the terminal in Alvarado. The steam train from 
Vera Cruz arrives there at 11 A.M., giving you two hours 
before the boat sails. The auto carril makes closer connections. 
You should reach Tlacotalpan on the boat about £:30 or 3 0 T clock. 
You should then go to the Hotel Cuauhtemoc, Jose Silva, propri¬ 
etor, and he can give you all of the information you need about 
reaching Tres Zapotes. However, before asking him to make ar¬ 
rangements for you, you should go directly to Hidalgo 55, the 
home of Ricardo Guiterrez, the storekeeper of Tres Zapotes. If 
he is there, you should by all means let him make all of the 
arrangements for you as he can do it more economically and ef¬ 
ficiently than anyone else. 
The trip from Tlacotalpan to Tres Zapotes consists of two 
stages, a six hour boat ride to Boca San Miguel and a two hour 
ride on horseback from Boca San Miguel to Tres Zapotes. The 
canjpis located about a half mile from town. There are two 
"regular" boats which make this trip each week. If you are 
lucky enough to strike a day when they are running, the fare 
to Boca San Miguel is*1 Peso each. The days the "regular" 
boats run however cannot be predicted. If you do not hit the 
day of a regular boat, it will pay you to charter one specially 
at a cost of from 15 to 30 pesos. We hired a very good oiie 
for £0 and there is no need to pay more. This is a far more 
comfortable way of getting here than the 8 hour horseback ride 
which I made before all the way from Tlacotalpan, unless you 
wish to see the birds and overland scenery. However, the* 
second half of the boat trip and the final horseback ride are 
extremely interesting and scenic and you get a fine idea of 
the country. I am sure you will find the bird collecting 
hereabouts very good. 
We will be looking 
Dr. Fisher and for that 
With best wishes, 
forward to the arrival of yourself and 
matter anyone else who may be coming. 
Sincerely yours, 
