Luckily, the forest was alive with deer, and there were also wild turkeys.

Thus there was no difficulty about provisions, although the Americans sighed for their beloved bacon and hot biscuits.
Fish seemed scarce in this part of the Bavispe River; at least we did not succeed in bringing out any by the use of dynamite.

We got only five little fish--one catfish, and four suckers, the largest six inches long.
On Christmas Day the black bulb thermometer rose in the sun to 150 deg.
F., although that very night the temperature fell to 22.9 deg.

F., a difference of nearly 130 deg..

The warmth was such that even a rattlesnake was deceived and coaxed out by it.
We made every effort to celebrate Christmas in a manner worthy of our surroundings.