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the most hideous whoops & howls were uttered by the watchmen in the cornfields scattered over the steep mountain sides in the forest where cleared areas were cultivated. This was to keep the wild animals out of the corn, I was told by people from the village. The effect of these wild cries was wild in the extreme & the the authors of the noise looked wild & unkempt as they came to visit our solitary camp & stare at us & our work in stupid wonderment. Few of them could talk Spanish but they conversed together in Tarasco. On the third day of our stay we 

Transcription Notes:
. Tarasco: Indian people of northern Michoacán state in central Mexico