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Rinconada. Puebla. Apr 30. Sat.
Spent yesterday until 1 P.M.
hunting rabbit got 1 small 
rabbit & one of the large kind
Took the horsecars at Chalchicomula to San Andres & there took train on the Mex R.R. at about 1:30 P.M. for this place arriving shortly after 2 o'clock. I came out here to look for jumping rats of which we thought we saw signs when we
passed on the R.R. some time ago.

Tehuacan Puebla. May 4.
I got some of the rats I was after at Rinconada

Tehuacan. (59)

found they were the same as those found at Chalchiomula & returned to that place the following day. I also got Arvicolas & white-bellied Sitomys. We left
Chalchicomula May 2 took the hore [[horse]] cars for the station running down there by
force of gravity. There we sent specimens to Wash. & baggage in 3 directions taking the south-bound train we reached Esperanza the station below San Andres shortly after noon. After dinner here we transferred our baggage to the station

Transcription Notes:
Unsure about what the white bellied creature is called. It looks like "Setomys", but this does not match any known animal names. NOTE: It is "Sitomys."