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taken bait but ran into traps by accident. Both males had seed in their pouches & no "tuna" in their stomachs. One of them had taken bait.
I intend trying traps baited with tuna tonight.

My landlady has been asking how I came to Mexico when I said by sea she wanted to know if I saw any "sirenas" or in English sirens. Also if I saw another animal like a horse with a long horn. She said she had heard much of them & did now know whether they existed but thought they did.

Ahualales Aug 28. My "tuna" baited traps did not yield much only one Hesperomys & one Sitomys (small)

I intend returning to San Luis Potosi tonight.

Today being Sunday the village is alive with people in from the country meet and are gossiping & eating "tunas" & drinking "aguamel" "Mezcal" & other native "hiores?" nearly all containing considerable alcohol yet very few become intoxicated.

Transcription Notes:
Hesperomys - a genus of a kind of rodent