. A year of Costa Rican natural history. for aroad at the river level. When we had ridden several mileswe saw again the valley of the Agua Caliente, now enlargedby the Navarro. Its flat and fertile bottom was about halfa mile wide and contained many coffee plantations andsome oranges. As we first rode over the little crest that hidthe valley from us, we saw spread out at our feet the thou-sands of young orange and grapefruit trees of Navarro,an experimental farm of the United Fruit Company, with 152 A YEAR OF COSTA RICAN NATURAL HISTORY range after range of hills beyond the river and its valle
. A year of Costa Rican natural history. for aroad at the river level. When we had ridden several mileswe saw again the valley of the Agua Caliente, now enlargedby the Navarro. Its flat and fertile bottom was about halfa mile wide and contained many coffee plantations andsome oranges. As we first rode over the little crest that hidthe valley from us, we saw spread out at our feet the thou-sands of young orange and grapefruit trees of Navarro,an experimental farm of the United Fruit Company, with 152 A YEAR OF COSTA RICAN NATURAL HISTORY range after range of hills beyond the river and its we lingered many times along this road and on theJocosal to admire the lovely views. Past Navarro werode on to the iron bridge spanning the united Navarroand Agua Caliente Rivers on the left fork of the road whilethe right fork goes on to Orosi. On April 12, 1910, with two guests from the hotel, A. rodeover the Jocosal by another road, which followed a little To Cart ago ;- _ To Cartago viatkz raraiso road. To Agua Caliente Orange. Farms To Orosi£, CacriL Sketch Map of Junction of Navarro and Agua Caliente Rivers. side valley and commanded even finer views. In one shel-tered pocket was a perfect thicket of tree-ferns, the mostluxurious growth of them that I saw anywhere in Costa was a particularly clear brilliant day, even the tops ofthe distant Las Cruces mountains being visible for a numbers of the dragonfly Hetcerina cruentata wereflying in the road, their glittering metallic bodies and theblood-red spots on the wings flashing in the sunshine. Therewere swarms of them, in places, and as we rode along theylit upon the horses manes and ears as fearlessly as about the highest part of this road we came upon a LOWER NEIGHBORS OF CART AGO 153 man resting by the roadside, who was taking two large sacksof oranges to market. He seemed delighted to lessen hisload hy some sixteen oranges, at a good price (nine cents)and we w
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