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(28)  [[strikethrough]] Huamantla [[/strikethrough]]  Perote.
reached the latter extending to timber line.  The two pine belts are never of the same species.
In the "Malpais" or lava bed the following where characteristic Yucca. Pinon (3 leaved), a kind of juniper, one oak, 1 pine, a wild [[underlined]] agave.  The native grass called alfillerilla grew sparingly and at least three species of [[underlined]]Opuntia.  The latter were all low bushy growing species which rendered whole acres of ground a hopeless mass of thorns, also a wild cherry. The principal crops are corn, wheat, barley, garbanso, albejon, & potatoes.
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29 Perote. [[strikethrough]] Huamantla [[/strikethrough]]
Mammals
Arvicola. Probably two species of this genus were common (1) one was common along grassy banks and around maguey plants near Perote and (2) one was very common in little meadows that occur near timber on the "Cofre" at an altitude of probably 11000 ft. The second species was always found in open ground and usually where the grass was very short due to the cattle and goats which range over them.  In such places their holes were very common and runways leading from one hole to another very distinct.
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