R.K.Selander, 1953 249 Santa Rita, Chiapas, Mexico Oct. 10 been cleared for farming. Passed through [illegible] forest just before we reached Santa Rita. Santa Rita is nothing but two huts where sugar cane is boiled. There are several good sized corn fields around the place, but many good stands of forest remain. We are camped near the huts in the edge of one of these stands. [Illegible] The country around Santa Rita is rough, with numerous hills and arroyos. The valley in which San Fernando lies runs NNW and joins another drainage area which runs almost directly west. To the north of Santa Rita about 6 miles the Monte de la Pluma runs east-west forming a steep wall bordering the large "valley" which is formed by several arroyos running in a east-west direction. Drainage is to the west with a clrop-off about 7 miles west of Santa Rita. Between Santa Rita and Monte de la Pluma there are three deep arroyos, with small streams running west in each. The last of these is called the Rio Barrancón, and it is the largest - about 12 feet wide at this time. Five miles NW of camp there is a settlement - Colonia Cuactemoc - where about 40 people are living,