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64  [[strikethrough]] Tehuacan [[/strikethrough]] Huamanita

arrival in Huamantla we found
it had rained much harder
from Rinconada north, doing
considerable damage to the
ripe grain. The soil is sandy
so that the grain stems have
no great amt. of strength &
a strong wind or beating rain
or hail knocks a good deal
of it down.

Huamantla, Tlaxcala May 11

I have been tramping around
& trapping for mice & jumpping [[jumping]]
rats with poor success on
account of the rain. I got
3 jumping rats (Dipodomys)
last night however which

Tehuacan.[strikethrough] Huamantla. (65)
will be enough to represent
the locality. Everything seems
to be about the same here as
at Chalchicomila, Puebla. The
same soil, altitude & vegetation
& animals & birds. The
rainy season seems to have
about begun it is elonly [[only]]
except a part of the forenoon
every day & usually rains
in the afternoon or evening.
Huamantla is quite a town.
Alt. 8200 ft. The principal occupation
of the people in
its vicinity is agriculture.
Wheat, corn, beans, & maguey
plants bring the principal
productions. The town lies on