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Bennett is safe in jail at Omoa, acc. to all reports; Ashmead & Human were last heard from at Santa Rita, H., on the 17th; Stadtmiller & Marbut are God knows where, in H. I have dwelt on this more than is necessary, but I wanted to make it absolutely clear that here in G. we are OK., & that we wont any of us make the mistake of entering H. again. We will know more about things tomorrow; B. & the rest will be released, there will be an apology, &c.

I started out this morning at 8.25 on the train with my faithful mozo Apollinario for Cristina, about 18 miles up the line toward Amates. We put in a good day's collecting on one of the rare grass plains of the region, fortunately caked dry by the sun, getting a lot of grasses & other interesting plants. About 11.30 I had A. sling my hammock between two convenient pines which cast a little shade, & I lay that & ate fresh pina (pineapples) while A. chased up to the river for water to make coffee. For lunch we had coffee, crackers, a can of Hamburg steak with onions (very good, too), & fresh pineapple. I bought my pineapple from the window on the way up, paying 2 reales silver