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NOTES FROM CATEMACO, VERA CRUZ, LEX ICO, APRIL 26 - May 5, 1394. 
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E. W. Nelson. 
Itinerary . 
Tne present locality lies about 60 miles in a direct line southeast 
of Tlacotalpam, by the route of travel it is at least 100 miles. A small 
steamer takes one through various small streams to a station called Alonzo 
Lazaro, from which point one must engage horses and proceed overland about 
35 miles to the west shore of Lake Catemaco where this place is located. 
We remained at this place ten days working the country for some miles about 
the west shore of the Lake, and a short visit was also made to the east shore. 
General Notes . 
According to my Aneroid the altitude of Lake Catemaco is about 1100 
feet above sea level. From Tlacotalpan the route of the steamer is among 
narrow ? sluggish streams that wind about across the low flat country which 
is overflowed by several feet of water during the height of each rainy season. 
At Alonzo Lazaro the country commences to rise toward the east sloping 
gradually toward the range of low mountains which borders the coast of the 
Gulf of Mexico in this district. This range is a spur from the main 
Cordillera of the east. It is given off on the west side of the Isthmus of 
Tehuantepec near the border of the State of Oaxaca and extends northeasterly 
until it touches the coast, when it turns northerly and westerly and parallels 
the coast until the range terminates at the Volcano of Tuxtla, or San Martin, 
