cleared areas leave it exposed in the rainy season. However the soil is so fertile that it [illegible] provides a good water shed for itself if left alone for a short time. The most remarkable and characteristic thing of the M.T. Cacaguatique region is the oak and pine association on the upper slopes at 4000 feet and along the [illegible] canyon ridges which lead down from the summit. In places the oaks with their few scattered pines extend down to the very bottoms of the canyons where the Sonoran and sub-tropical zones meet. Many oaks are full of mistle toe and other parasitic plants, while on the ground beneath and especially along the north canyon slopes are dense beds of ferns and other wide leaved plants enliped with brush thick in one place and thin in another. Moss is always found on the shady side of the oak trees. This is primarily a coffee region and with the exception of a few corn and grass patches the sub-tropical zone in the [illegible] canyons is occupied by coffee. Along In many places along the streams there are banana groves in association with the coffee. Slowly but surely the ground is being cleared farther and farther up the canyons where young coffee is being planted and gradually the beautiful oaks are