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Religious Vows *The arms are held up this way until a certain number of prayers are said One afternoon in Guadl I wandered into the Cathedral and saw a man kneeling before one of the images with his left arm held up thus [[drawing]] & on inquiry found it was to fulfill a vow Thus like a fakir of India. Afterwards, on a feast day in Itzatlan, I saw the church filled with kneeling people extending out on the steps in front, many of the men with one or both hands raised [[drawing]] or [[drawing]] giving the scene an air of almost oriental fanaticism. Earthquakes The first week of June I felt 3 distinct Earthquake tremors all of them at night & barely perceptible, but they were noticed by others. On June 10th - I left Guadl for a trip to the west. About 30 m. west we crossed a ridge extending nr southerly, rising in hills on both sides of the stage road. These hills were overgrown with small pines & oaks the latter being remarkable for their extremely large rounded leaves. A few miles beyond this we reached the small & miserable town of Tenchitlan where I remained several days.