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On rainy days the car was so crowded it was nost im-
possible to operate, whereas, it had been previously
planned, room would be.:available in the car, rain or
sun, to work dntire in the car.

Departed 11.00 AsM. Sunday for Chajul where
I was to meet a Senior Arranes who is a representative
of the Government and owns several fineas near Chajul.
He was to show me mocha mamiferas but conveniently left
a day earlier because of urgent business.

We made our way across the country via Chime
altenango, Solala, Encuentros, Chichicartenango,
quilbe, Sacapulas where we came to an abrupt halt-
the bridge was out. We were directed to go this
way by arannas and all questioned informed us this
was the way to Chajul. The bridge had been down over
two months. To reach the other side 1t took us &
day (fifteen hours) of travel via quche’, Totanicap=
en, Quezaltenago, Huehnetenango to Sacopulas which
was on the opposite side of the River.

On the way to Chajul, we camped petween here
and Nebaj, near the top of the mountain. Next morn-
ing mt dvranes on his way out and he told us to pro-
ceed to Chajul and to stay there until his return,in
a few days, when he would take us on to his finease
Continuing on toward Nebaj we reached a point about
five miles beyond to find the road would permit the
use of cars with x ‘tra gear and high olearance e
Returning to Nebay we made camp 1 mi northeast end
will remain here for a couple of days. We are in
a bole and I am anxious to free ourselves and reach
a primary road ( about Sth grade in the UeSe ) &
heavy rain would isolate us for weeks. I will not try
to describe the roads in Guatamala. Will say they =
are about ten times as hasardous as the Burma Road %
1 don't know how many times I have had to apply all
my knowledge of engineering to predicate the stress
and strain capacity of the structures. In driving