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Ahualulco Aug 25

Passed last night tolerably well although bed bugs overran me. Awoke in the night lighted a candle & turned my pilow over under it there were 40 or 50 (I didn't count them) fine ones. 5 Sotomys (4 small & 1 large) is my catch from traps set yesterday afternoon. Two of the small kind were ruined by auto I saved the skulls only.

I noticed today that in this part of the country & at this season of the year people feed the cage birds on the seed of the pepper tree which grows abundantly in this section of country.

If my traps yield no better tonight I shall be rather disgusted not getting what I came here for.

My lively "casadora" has just returned from the country on a burro bringing with her among other things some green quinces one of which she has kindly given