an old weedy bean patch is bordered on two sides by wild pine apple hedges, another by a wire fence, and the fourth by the Rio San Miguel, stock trails, some faint and others plain, lead hither and thither over old worn down furrows and through dead bean vines, which have climbed upon volunteer cane stalks and scattered low brush. These trails are frequented by Mephitis, Melachirdos and Polecats evidenced by their tracks which may be seen in the dust in early morning. Here and there are seen green patches of grass or green vines but for the most part the vegetation is dead or awaiting the awakening rains of the wet season. On either side of the old bean patch are melon patches whose melons will soon be ripe, and farther up and down the river one can see cane fields, small patches of green pasture land, and at occasional thatched roofed hut. The Rio San Miguel in this region will average about 50 yards wide and its waters move so slowly that one would be inclined to think that it is