Finally pickled the Thamnophis whose wound was soft swollen and discolored, but nowhere near killing him after more than 24 hrs. I suppose the cantil's venom may help in predigestion, but they don't nearly immobilize a reptilian prey item. When they were found the cantil was trying to swallow the Thamnophis apparently aware that his prey wasn't nearly dead. 27/ I went to pick up my wallet while parents drove to Chinultenango to see "incap" people. The leathersmith hadn't showed by nine so I split and after much searching found a Chinalt, bus ($10) and had a pleasant ride. Went up and found "Chrchivac" locality at milestone 94 on the Panamerican highway just beyond Tecpan, looked for a few minutes in heavy rain without success (I believe because as I heard later the rains had just begun and perhaps the animals had not yet emerged) and left.