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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