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Note, while waiting for the train this a.m. (June 1.) I heard that a great tidal wave came into the shore of the Pacific last night and completely crushed the iron wharf [[strikethrough]] which ran out into the sea at Salina Cruz.

Forests with bushes of low trees making thickets between. These palms are 20 to 40 ft. high. From being nearly level at the summit the plain, which is bordered on both sides by the [[strikethrough]] [[?]] of the Cordillera, [[strikethrough]] slopes gradually toward the [[strikethrough]] Gulf Coast and [[?]] among scattered hills, ridges to the vicinity of La [[?]] the country has much the same character but is [[?]] descending