1. UPPER EDGE OF CLOUD-ZONE FOREST ON VOLCANO OF POÁS. 2. NORTH SIDE OF THE CERRO DE LA CANDELARIA, FROM SAN JOSÉ VALLEY. What appear to be low forests in the foreground and middle distance are coffee plantations. 1. MOUNT TURUBÁLES, FROM SANTO DOMINGO DE SAN MATEO. This isolated mountain, 5,000 feet high, has never been visited by a naturalist. Note the similar appearance of the forest from outside to an ordinary hardwood forest in the castern United States. Note the climbing bamboos. 1. OFF FOR THE DAY'S HUNT: BONILLA, COSTA RICA. 2. CINDER CONE OF TURRIALBA, COSTA RICA. FROM NORTHWEST SIDE OF EL PARAISO. The large tree in the center is a Hurd, reputed to be the tallest tree in Costa Rica. Immediately behind it are seen the pensile nests of a small colony of Oropendolas. 2. VOLCANO OF IRAZÚ, FROM LA SABANA, SAN JOSÉ. Every morning during the dry season the clouds which overspread the Caribbean (opposite) slope crowd through the gap between Irazú and Barba,but come no farther. |