| Show lJ A J JI I ol H 4 K KNOW V V pt i v S fl V V 44 VV y V V IH I I Iol H H Irow t r NOW IN THE LAND OF DESOLATION iii I 1 It 1 Att L V I L H u OO L s 0 f p ta ot Chlap j Mexico Cb L I St At U the thu th us of ot It enter tho geographical W 1 find 11 t Bania arno Dook ot of ot of tho a o rod of C by bI tho the au IlU 11 ta It It bOOk that thelo tI lands t 01 t not Quite I We wee VO VOto IC 11 nearl arIY Core that from Crom there er e to 10 0 travel I th the te on 1 It U nook BoOI ot O study briefly d to fc nol be different fJ Sure of ot tho Iho ce e proceed a aI noticed nl ae ho c t wll til 11 elk than tu itt At I Ir the close to very cr r r h t tact ct they The Tue run TU 1 ras hern ero bore 3 Ie d In almost I p l on the tho ni and ii but knot WhiCh JJr n I a larce both ranges Iral ILIO to t The I to water vater shed nd thc o Is I i rIt tb mostly Rv lUice hI tt rivers yer rs ore are tur these side o rad Iz n tt ct laet alt all Ocr tim no In L not TY ure It II t JJ Gurl nt at home but roiling leel It ti as 1 ae E cit at times low ranges hiring i 4 t ke divIding c ci which ute are parts are arc f tM tete cane rone rice coffee cottee much fUT IrCle anti and produced As a arule arc ff M ud ard with grass grans rule aU U U or O brush is 1 not timber r Sr the th her bere taUT therefore Mock raisIng and td KIN tJ IN til tIk 8 tie he a J CM cn C of ot tb HI CENTRAL E Tehuantepec which the th rivers I Amort knor name tte ite gulf gUlt by II Y the th same law into Important I it ittIe f U 3 th tt the and aid most II 1 larg irgo cat vol volUy catte O Hits tIe teat near fines of t valley valler Pee peo Uy 1 te ot or r rather a c th h t b I ral wei tributaries other tribes Un tin of CI C ill al of ut Its tt mouth sums be t wr live the levi lands for tor ir it ut art tak n out Ot on BUt Dut nut not nearly ne nil all tint fl a n purples n II hun bun utilized ml nt er r is s the 11 II l und land tots th PaIt of ot the e ef from the to io toO n a yf vI la ii raM uti lIr ml Inns Iud and at tt 1 tnt kaHt ast f I t rich 1 Ive Ivec e i of ut Ir la Is a tI n but Jut with ith nothing 1 c I nii 1 m II Ire IW J I and ii rJ bru h tho the rising in iii Pir VIr LW dy Ur iii ih iii and above Nit w IS m tile III COL und utI r Into Inlo the gull gul ot of 1 ar ol 01 the bl t Is the her th r alt ait U II i the river r r 11 lalla the theone une ITI II i long t hi b h eatie In II une one Irani h ol oX o Ihl heads ft within t ii y of oC If the la l i wl Nast bI nhi th r In to Gune Guat Itata Al Also o In n Guatemala t ra th tl text ext large Urge river tr th t linB M h fr fra f r ra a l tile HIP Un line between this unI an ant the t e ute ule of t i Its ith l UIS a u ta I iol Ilot veil I known on us liS It U ner 1 thor thur I 1 taut hut it It is n war ta It I is DC ot of the mOlt rl a in inI I America e al il t to nil all fu u the th j C rivet met drains drain tru MAte HAtt te of o it jt Is n nt t su au auge u large ge as U ti th H It is i tl th h I la I ae 6 it l mer er in m tae tu of o Yui tun tunI I vt v wit th Ih minify rom the h e J II h hI mu n fl ns I s b mid rouga r on un the south sauth n II i u jq um I m Iwand alu nil amp on Ih north or tl I and a d r 9 have hare often orten I to 0 take ae I I bo t or orto wt C I r fJ get along aon T dr l d u uto ur to hI the route ve we e have au followed 0 r l lse e II na wn aa our 0 ur Intention to go SO goor Milta Mir over or th Ih mountains to 10 San SanI J n 1 and hence h ce to lalen lue I n doubt ItOI at we If rout ShIPYARD Jn m es on oi the lIe Hook ot of o n a think that on the Gulf QuI of oC Te reo ilLee ti lIa oll had his shipyard T i i J 1 make nake the Isthmus ot of Te Fe T tat t a fie t e narrow neck fleck of ot land ud u it Ihl Minus i nut nol then men tl U t T lre n It th flU In flu of ot Its Ihl it It tir bt II r ilie ite large lorge ligoon w I c i Ml protected tj L J Hi Ite th rr r lally those thole t i I Te j ina M I uld old produce ample amlie le uJ tr lit r i t and lumber lumLer El Fi 1 1 fer II f j li V in m his hI diction Iry 11 I iI the of ot this I L t I t U th h j hUe side Ide of ot the t i j f r Panama Hut But the location i I t e U ard is u s unimportant as a C j ith th that r f some ome of ut f the If hi t a J WUK wu Arnhem la Ia T Te I aner to II UI JIT t this hues lUes ill iv I Ia man mani man ott others e If IC Zar iJar hr 1 I It In the th alena river S t I Tte T lu did rot not bUild PS on n the a hilt l lf te T On the other hand t f c U nf f r lE will y at locate u ii Ya others such euch tI Bountiful 1 11 Onti na Desolation 1 Ie e was on OH or at the t an Will It bo be Pt pos pOI 1 t nd te ic JC V anYthing nil now to 10 mark nark thie question there 7 h t opinions L d tit thet wilt ho be some r Ib tl i t o IS he be rUins rutn o of the wall I to t 1 ot nark mark the c former I 1 I a it II J I am of ot thi thiu bellew further that flue hI tt and nn not only can cnn r h We m iy not flat find them Li tr ht uel pe If WI ve c Ci 1 Pt i T oh Ohr r i litter atter us will win sue suc am g 6 ng B ahead of ot our LID ShOOT Q ca It th the Indian ir as III village at nt ats s i ie one und and a d ht hI foTh oUr h rues as the teen feea i It to t ourselves not riot so 80 prof y grua wa w sue HUe I ir II TV The food fd f tar for r supper and andI I bit cf lf the pastur e hi 41 jUI a rl ased with ue lIF y the fliney iiI vie III la th we p las evEning to our t r alone to 8 hw how hwi ho We ce were and i In t aM to 10 count counti get g his lie u 1111 py nho Vi 1 d e that i i In i the hp night somo omo r t the for or cat II Ire that we 11 do o not shoot hoot ne on I e e ba hi the same Mine re reas t n n LF r ht h Ie the 11 at t e tWO or ora three i do I i kl th h ve not make flake a n t as he WAil va nu tib till th at nl bight hI ct CI I 0 halt tat hiS a a Iho th atch Even el e to 10 when th ih h t em arid and rn no one on mo e ot o ur the We w I I hept Pt wat I a hm lr w doing r J toia Un tan w a ot of the pasture He Ont nt with trail J one 1 C a a again In j the night 1 a I uni olf 1 town ton near el I happy baN r 7 I having H I rite wi purchased no I I eme ot At the I r or 1 III f II tr n a me I at times is to his I I t r i t hIs h more corn com I k tle ith r coat t pi II a I t f a la eXko U SI that I drink J Tej tha h a I s hen anything 14 t it Las not anted it 11 11 i cue j tb k which I Implies a n refusal Should tho the proffered article bo be acceptable without udo It Is le taken and the tho thanks given alter after When therefore I said sad the tha thaman marl man voa thunderstruck and pulling back What Thanks I So you say thanks But he was noon loon consoled and drank Mank a n double draught to make up for tor me HOT FOR FOU MAN IAN AND BEAST In tho tIm morning early Feb Fob 19 we wore were on oa tho thio road roud and It behooved us to start early for the hot sun Bun loon made traveling painful both to man und beast boast Our road was waB on the tile lowlands not many feet teet above sea Ben level and mid led Jell around the tho large lareo lar o lagoons cast east of ot the tho city On both bolh sides BIdes of o us were walls walla of or heavy timber which nt at times timet to shut out every overy breath th of ot air Just as ac we began to think that further travel traveling travelIng ing would be he Impossible until evening a CI wind started tip lp to our relief IN AN INDIAN At 2 p m we came to n CI little In Indian dlan dian village called Union do and applied for Cor pasturage The list listman man mon asked offered his hl at It sO but oti ot examining It II we found Cound tho the feed poor lor and applied further furl her The Thu next man baa hau ha 1 a n good pasture ln turc which he offered at atI I not knowing what the nr first t nuked asked We Ve accepted and soon oon 11 il our hones eating callus Hut Bul before lI tore long lone these thes men got cot ot together and the first told the sec second second secand ond and what lie he Would have been paid hind had his feed teed been good Then the second curno Carn to us again He lie Fuld that ho hu had hind made a mistake lie He could coull not talK Spanish very Vcr well veli and that ho he should have charged twenty reals Instead of ot twelve reals rea Is lie Ho hoped we wo would take the matter Into Inlo consideration and pay him the twenty t went Hut wo we 1 could not see It Il In that light and after aher some homo words the man satisfied with the twelve reals and confessed that ho he heI I hind been talking to the Unit lirot man He lIe was entirely satisfied when we wo assured him hini that had v we e rented from the first firstman firstman man wo we would have hae paid him only on I a n dollar as In all 1111 other towns Wit Wie a 1 market and Ind here also aleo ns liS elsewhere the women were the till vendors venders They The maka mak excellent saleswomen and are sharp at counting money mono As s there Is much spurious coin now nOl In Mexico every ever piece Is first thrown on n a stone or struck with another piece picco to ascertain by Ii the sound If i It Is genuine One pe peculiarity peculiarity about t these saleswomen Is this large lare quantities Is dearer than buying buln small For Far I or Instance six eI tortillas arc are sold for a n cents Should you OU cents c worth you would perhaps get 4 G J Wo We have often otten bad had to pay iha 25 5 cents cen ts for tor 23 3 tortillas when they sold three for tor three cents Often too since leaving corn has hns been dearer when we went for tor forIt forIt It than when we wo asked the price This never happened among the Mayos or Aztecs cs The Tho houses In Hidalgo lito with Ith one erie or two exceptions ore are of ot tho the same samis general pattern and built of at the same material The Tho sides Bides are art of woven willows plastered with mUll mud and whitewashed and the root roof Is thatched with palm lalm loaves leaves There Is no window windo and no floor fIor except the theone theone theone one the ground furnishes The rue town hag lias streets but Lut no fences and every run at nt will III As AI we had camped In III town one OM can cnn Imagine what difficulty we had hUll In keeping our camp tree fro of these theRe animals As for tor the na mu natives I tives thell they the were kind and pleasant and nM showed UH urn the greatest respect as we mingled with lIh them at nt night In the mar market market market ket or on the streets street IN A Of Ot PALMS PAL IB The next morning not alone our host ho t lint hilt many mAn neighbors came to see lIeo us otto oft and nil all wished us UI a n pleasant pheasant trip on our long lung Journey Journ For Tor I or four hours wo 0 traveled through a I forest of ot palms beautiful trees that were ere almost as mu thick at as trees could be except where the rond road was wall wn cut cult through They rhoy are n sort of though not the one our common fans tans are made from Tho The natives use URe them for tor build buill building ing ng and thatching their th lr houses and II nil bite u it business li is carried on as all the leaves are shipped hIpped as 1111 tar far as os pee ec The country Is II still level with a slope to tt the lagoons and Is by small streams flowing from torn rom th the mountains on the north The Theand Theand Theand and to look at ap app r rich and nd fer fr j t j I j j j t tt t I 1 I t tt tJ t J z t ta to a o H 0 4 j Brigham Young Academy Scientific Expedition fins lIus Entered The lIle Country So Designated In Book of Mormon m Cluffs Description of oft t Some Strange and Interesting Encounters on the thc Mexican Central y American Border Line Linc X X XH 1 1 4 4 4 I S I o s p ttO H 4 H o V g f f tile and capable co pablo of ot producing abundance alice ance all co Not much Is Ia cultivated but that which Is yields well welt After leaving the tho th helms hns wo WI came caine gradually to grass grasslands lands and In a few tow miles reached the tho foothills fool hills where grass graslI was abundant Towards evening wo we e passed through the tittle lit town of ot and come ranie on OO oni further to a n a ranch where we found feed teed and water vater wa vaterAN AN TOWN Is a n Mexican village wo WI have hae passed passel the tho Indians and have o reached a mixture of ot bloods uniting among which we see FCC much of ot the tho negro blood Nood We did not hut stay In We did not like the thc people nor the spirit of ot tho the town There Will was not that friend friendly ly I feeling or rather sociable feeling though several were score anxious to rent us IS pasturage hut but at nt high hl h figures At t the little ranch we were score made Just as ns a com coin comfortable as we could have haY been In the town and we felt that our things were mulch much safer soler AN EDUCATED TRAMP I have hao spoken once or twice of oC our meeting tramps The laurie lame German herman from Coin Salvador two men who thought they hid had mot filet us III before tho the Ameri American can tramp In but bul at ut this ranch one ono visited us that exceeds them I nil all He lie was vas well dressed In a linen suit stilt with a it cork helmet and good tan tall leather shoes On hIs back WOK n a 1 sup up supply supply ply of food tood He no was a 11 man of at education tion In fact vj oke Italian hIs hil native laUIo tongue German herman French Spanish and Ind broken brokon I and ond was ns well acquaint td ml I with wih many countries and arid men On foot toot most of ot the way wa and alone this than man Ian had come COlo from Buenos Duenos Ayres Aros In Inthe inthe the tho Argentine He lIe 10 had taken ship chip a n short distance along the coast of Venezuela and from Panama to Costa but otherwise walked I II nil all the way vay wa He lie le hail had been Leen about a n near I year al ear on o the road roll At present nt he aimed alnie for tor or Mexico thence by hy toot foot to the United States We could coul not under understand understand stand his object ct clearly but lUt were not long lone In discovering that he lie was a 1 little lt unbalanced ni a Ho Ito hind had found a silk sik I spider which he be would Introduce In InIa Italy and thus make his hll fortune and would Ia Introduce also In his lili hil native mail land the tho plantain After taking supper with us he bade hado us lS good bye tye an nn answering answering our Invitation to stay all nU night by ty the remark I set for form army my task this day to reach and I 1 must do doIt 10 doit It I MIXED m D BLOOD mOOD mm From l rol to a 1 town called cnUt Ta our road led up a it ralley ie which gradually closed eloped In until U it I be became become became came come a canyon Crossing a n divide we came out Olt again Into n a beautiful val vol Icv which gradually slopes slops to the ocean o can In thi this juts valley Is l tin the second town named above abe It I IH is a well wll built buit Mexican town tOn with a hotel a 1 church and several well wel kept stores tores and anI con contains contain titian tain perhaps about Inhabitants There Ther Is a mixture of bloods here and anil the negro blood Is not wanting In fact from Crom to our present camp we ve find traces of the tho African who ere i brought In here n ni as slaves laves many man years eaT I ago n o Rut nut the most mos Interesting Int point pointon on our Journey Journ Inc 1 pee pec I is the valley of at TaJan as IS It I Is II called The Tue mountains enclose It U on three Ihre sides a I stream of ot water vater Irrigates Its fields and produces on the banks bank trees of 01 various kinds and of o gigantic proportions The mountain slopes lops are covered cocrel with trees treel some lomo In bloom lIoom there ther Just starting their leaves of ot green Tho Tue scene was wa LI beautiful from tram the top of ot the mountain which we P climbed on leaving the volley especially when the ocean also came In view SLAUGHTER OF WOOD TICKS Saturday night we camped on a 0 small mal stream which empties empte Its II waters wate Into tho the Pacific by Ii h the tho river It 1 was WIS u n most lust camp |
