hour later © special messenger came around with letters of 
introduction to the Agent® MtmlolpaX in T yes Zapotes and the 
l«f« 0© Guerrillas with Ins true t ions that these gentlemen should 
give us all hinds of M gerantiss y facilldades.’* 'So w# should 
he well taken cere of, end 1 don’t teller© the tint spent 
here has been wasted# 
It now seems to m that two or three days In Mexico City 
will be all I need* That will probably be around the 18th to 
the 30th. If you leave the 15th, m can perhaps case down here 
together, which 1 would like; on the other hand, If you want to 
find everything fully established et the ©amp, you had better 
give ne an additional week*. 
: •'. yf -- i 
t teeming the surveyor, I went to the local agrarian office 
in San Andris ©ad found out that some of their engineers here a 
vacation starting the BSnd of December# The price they want for 
the job of making the imps, which would be very complete sod 
securete, and staking off the projected excavations, is a hundred 
dollars. At first, I considered this too high end turned the 
proposition down. 3ut then I thought the matter over, re celled 
that Dr# Vnlllant bed paid something like 300 or 350 pesos for 
a similar job, at a time when the exchange was much less-favorable 
than now, and also that if we bad to bring an engineer from 
Veracruz or Mexico City, we would need to pay him for extra time 
and traveling expenses# So I had a talk with the man who seemed 
most interested, offered him 450 pesos, and finally closed the 
bargain at the compromise figure of 475 'pesos# 
By the way, there Is an agent of the Bank of Mexico in 
San Andris fuxtla, SeHor Muniz* It might be well to place some 
funds with him. If you don’t went to carry cash, X would suggest 
that, while in Mexico 01 ty, you obtain travelers* checks of the 
'Banco Ksclonal. American Express would not be acceptable in 
this isolated region* 
Just got news that we can count on our animals for tomorrow* 
'ilie price is 1*50 a day each. It paid to wait. 
So long for © while* Greetings to Mrs* Stirling* I think 
we are in for a lot of fun* 
Sincerely, 
hf tie iant* 
