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about 5:30. We met the P.A.
at the station and got cargadors
to carry our outfit to
his house about a mile from
the station. We found this place
to be smaller than Perote with
all the stores & houses built
along one winding street. It
has been foggy and rainy
the entire time since we
arrived here and I have not
accomplished much. Hunters
have been bringing in rabbits
and gophers. I have caught only
a few mice. West of town there
is a deep [[?]] having cliffs
on it but they seem to be
pretty solid and do not furnish

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much shelter for mice etc.
Everything is very damp trees covered
with moss. Yesterday Mr.
N. & I guided by a moyo [[mollo]] went
to a cave in the "Cerro de Volcanillo"
about 3 miles East
of town. They said there was
plenty of bats living in it.
We found a crater several hundred
feet in depth surrounded
by a lava bed. on the outside
in the lava bed we found
the cave which we explored
for 75 yds. or so but found no
bats.  The cave extends for some
distance farther than we
went and is said to be open
at both ends. It contains