Pine Peaks, Vol. Conchagua, Dept, La Union February 26, 1926 - March 7, 1926 Early on the morning of February twenty fourth we left La Union on our way up the volcano Conchagua mounted on small riding mules. At the outskirts of La Union we struck the sub-tropical zone with its apparently dead and dry vegetation and followed dusty and rocky trails that wound slowly upward. After perhaps an hour and a half riding we came to a small thatched roof village where we asked for some drinking water and let our animals relax for a few minutes under the shade of a palm. We rode on under the ever increasing heat as the sun rose higher and higher. Occasionally we met natives along the trail; women with their burdens of grain, wood, or food stuffs, and men with their machetes or driving pack mules loaded with coffee. Another hour and a half brought us to the lower and main hacienda house of Don Here we took lunch and rested. At two P.M. we mounted our animals and