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Our guide, the Presidente led us to the cabins & after a few words with the people we were given possession of the best one which chanced to be vacant. Here we installed ourselves for several days. The evening shut in gloomily with heavy driving clouds from the sea-
At 9:15 P.M. we heard a dull muffled report like a distant cannon shot followed by a low rumbling for 2 or 3 seconds & then a slight earthquake shock. We remained on the mountain top two days returning to the valley on the 27th- On the way down I made a point of getting the range of the pines & found two sets of species. The larger,finer trees [[strikethrough]] of one [[/strikethrough]] forming the upper set & the smaller species making up the lower set which form the forest bordering the brushy foothills next the valley- For exact range of each see the plant catalogue. We camped in the village of Roatina at the edge of the Valley and then, on the morning of the 28th proceeded on down the valley to Miahuatlan- Taking up our [[strikethrough]] load here we went [[/strikethrough]] extra baggage that had been left here we went on toward Ejutla. The road led in a northerly course across the valley (which has an east & westerly course here). Along the sides of the road were long hedges & a few fields of a