. Two bird-lovers in Mexico. Natural history; Birds. CHAPTER IX NEAR THE TWIN VOLCANOS NE day we reluctantly broke camp and packed over the trail, with mules and horses as before. Mile after mile we went, now galloping across a level jjlain, now plungnig deep down into a tropical harranca. At high noon we reached our objective j^oint — the great Barranca Vueltran, and across its wide chasm the fire volcano loomed near and grand. But Vueltran proved narrow at the bottom, with most precipitous sides — not a good place to walk and Avatcli for animals and birds, so after a lunch of chicken and egg
. Two bird-lovers in Mexico. Natural history; Birds. CHAPTER IX NEAR THE TWIN VOLCANOS NE day we reluctantly broke camp and packed over the trail, with mules and horses as before. Mile after mile we went, now galloping across a level jjlain, now plungnig deep down into a tropical harranca. At high noon we reached our objective j^oint — the great Barranca Vueltran, and across its wide chasm the fire volcano loomed near and grand. But Vueltran proved narrow at the bottom, with most precipitous sides — not a good place to walk and Avatcli for animals and birds, so after a lunch of chicken and eggs, to obtain which we searched for the ego-s and killed the chicken, we remounted and turned back upon the trail. The sun sank lower and lower, the night loomed black ahead of us, but we rode on and on into a wild and unknown country, overlooked always by the two volcanos of snow and fire. And still we found no j^lace suitable for camping. We Avere lost, and found our path by hardest search, wath only the pale moonlight to guide us. Mexicans — some of whom appeared too much interested in our luggage — passed lis AA'ith drawl- ing ^'Buenas noches, ; Weird forms scurried '4 170 ^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Beebe, William, 1877-1962. London, A. Constable & company, ltd. , Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin
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