23. Jalapa, Veracruz, Mex. to Orizaba, Veracruz, Mex. July 19, 1946 Hotel de France. About midnight, we were awakened by a fairly severe tremor, which started out mildly but ended by shaking the hotel until the floors and walls creaked and cracked. These Mexican hotels have everything. July 11, 1946 Left Orizaba at about 8 a.m. and drove to; - 8 mi. N.E. of Chalchicomula, 10,350 ft., Puebla, Mex., where we made camp at about 4:00 p.m. Our camp is in a grove of mixed firs and fujes, at the foot of the snowy peak of Mt. Orizaba, to the easty. Adjacent to our camp side is a large potato field, and a short distance to the west, down below, are wheat fields. There are many people throughout the woods, as many firewood cutters come up here from Chalchicomula, and from the 3 villages between Itev and Chalchicomula. The farthest village is called San Martin del Agba, and has a sawmill, so apparently there is some lumbering taking place here. July 12, 1946 Upon arising, we found that we had been robbed of most of our cooking utensils during the