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Photographs on Cofre de Perote 
2 of Cofre from S.E. bed
1 of old crater border?
2 over forest to north-thro-clouds
(glacier meadows)
2 of glacier bed S.W. of Cofre. extending SE. to NW.
2 views from side of mt. across plain to Iztac. with Malinche

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Several times this surface material got to travelling with me so rapidly & to the amount of several hundred pounds, that I had to sit down in the midst of my miniature avalanche & dig my alpenstock into the surface until we came to a standstill.

[[strikethrough]] looking [[/strikethrough]] Soon after noon the clouds that had hidden the summit for some hours broke away and mainly dispersed leaving visible a vast array of gigantic cumuli riding on the airy sea above the plains. It was now the heated part of the day on the plains of Puebla at 7000 - 8000 ft. as well as on 

Transcription Notes:
. Cofre de Perote: Mountain in Mexico