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Back of the town of Patzcuaro extending for many miles is the "Redregal" as it is called. This is a [[strikethrough]] sparse [[/strikethrough]] wilderness so rough, [[strikethrough]] has [[/strikethrough]] broken lava beds covered with a small but dense growth of oaks & other deciduous trees interspersed with pines on the greater portion. In this excessively broken country like a mass of petrified waves of huge [[strikethrough]] size [[/strikethrough]] irregular size are some deer & the large species of rabbits called "chapass". These rabbits are also found up to the summits of the hight hills or mts. in this district always in the timber. East of the town a rew miles living among the broken rocks at base of cliffs & in dense undergrowth were secured the very small rabbit taken here while still another species was common about the fields below the oak timber-

At the eastern end of the lake the Jack R. is found & between it & the summit of an adjacent mt. in a distance of 3 or 4 miles occur all 4 species of Lepus.

In the old craters about the summits of these peaks are many flowers & a great variety of Hummingbirds & other birds occur. A fine pair of Picus imperialis was taken in the pedregal back of Patzcuaro