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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [8] 
  

  

  with 
  careful 
  search 
  that 
  we 
  could 
  make 
  out 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  building. 
  The 
  

   central 
  tower, 
  or 
  part 
  of 
  it, 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  thing 
  left 
  standing. 
  There 
  is 
  

   but 
  one 
  entrance 
  to 
  this 
  tower, 
  which 
  opens 
  into 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  vaulted 
  

   room. 
  On 
  the 
  left 
  of 
  the 
  entrance 
  I 
  found 
  some 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  wall. 
  

   I 
  detached 
  the 
  plaster 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  and 
  brought 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  ship. 
  I 
  

   also 
  found 
  what 
  at 
  first 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  iron 
  staples 
  driven 
  into 
  the 
  wall 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  entrance, 
  but 
  by 
  a 
  blow 
  of 
  the 
  hand 
  they 
  were 
  broken 
  

   off 
  and 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  stone 
  and 
  cemented 
  to 
  the 
  wall. 
  These 
  

   were 
  also 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  ship. 
  I 
  found 
  within 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  

   of 
  this 
  tower 
  the 
  ruins 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  stone 
  arches, 
  beneath 
  which, 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  say, 
  are 
  buried 
  all 
  kinds 
  of 
  beautiful 
  pottery; 
  but 
  they 
  will 
  

   not 
  dig 
  for 
  it 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  a 
  belief 
  that 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Cozu- 
  

   mel 
  was 
  one 
  vast 
  cemetery 
  for 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  land. 
  Both 
  

   Indians 
  and 
  Spaniards 
  claim 
  that 
  these 
  ruins 
  were 
  here 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   the 
  conquest 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  that 
  Cortez 
  landed 
  on 
  this 
  island 
  in 
  1519 
  

   before 
  going 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  land. 
  I 
  took 
  three 
  views 
  of 
  this 
  ruin, 
  and 
  then 
  

   went 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  village 
  and 
  made 
  two 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  ruin 
  

   tluere, 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  ami 
  its 
  inhabitants, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  a 
  

   dwelling, 
  two 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Anduzc's 
  plantation, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  returned 
  

   to 
  the 
  ship. 
  

  

  '•A 
  few 
  days 
  later 
  I 
  wentashoreat 
  San 
  Miguel 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  photograph 
  

   of 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  including 
  an 
  old 
  Spanish 
  church, 
  now 
  used 
  as 
  

   a 
  guard-house. 
  I 
  then 
  went 
  to 
  the 
  ruins 
  of 
  an 
  old 
  Indian 
  church, 
  about 
  

   a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  San 
  Miguel, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  was 
  so 
  little 
  

   left 
  standing 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  that 
  a 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   walls 
  could 
  be 
  seen. 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  undergrowth 
  cut 
  away, 
  and 
  took 
  three 
  

   views 
  of 
  the 
  graves 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  that 
  wore 
  visible. 
  I 
  found 
  

   that 
  around 
  the 
  church, 
  under 
  the 
  soil, 
  was 
  a 
  pavement 
  of 
  fiat, 
  smooth 
  

   stones, 
  regularly 
  laid 
  down 
  with 
  cement. 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  it 
  extended 
  

   for 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  around 
  the 
  church, 
  and 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  broad 
  pave- 
  

   ment 
  leading 
  from 
  the 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  to 
  the 
  water's 
  edge, 
  a 
  mile 
  

   away. 
  I 
  traced 
  the 
  pavement 
  a 
  short 
  distance 
  towards 
  the 
  water 
  by 
  

   digging 
  up 
  the 
  loose 
  earth 
  with 
  a 
  pointed 
  stick." 
  

  

  At 
  7.35 
  a. 
  m. 
  on 
  the 
  29th 
  we 
  got 
  under 
  way 
  and 
  steamed 
  to 
  the 
  south- 
  

   western 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  A 
  gunning 
  party 
  was 
  sent 
  ashore 
  for 
  

   birds 
  and 
  a 
  seining 
  party 
  for 
  fish. 
  The 
  Albatross, 
  standing 
  a 
  little 
  off 
  

   shore, 
  in 
  the 
  mean 
  time 
  made 
  two 
  hauls 
  with 
  the 
  tangles 
  and 
  two 
  with 
  

   the 
  small 
  beam-trawl. 
  The 
  depth 
  was 
  from 
  137 
  fathoms 
  to 
  231 
  fath- 
  

   oms, 
  coral 
  sand 
  and 
  occasional 
  coral 
  patches, 
  which 
  made 
  it 
  rough 
  work 
  

   for 
  a 
  trawl. 
  We 
  were 
  not 
  successful 
  with 
  the 
  tangles, 
  but 
  the 
  trawl 
  

   brought 
  up 
  some 
  valuable 
  specimens, 
  a. 
  portion 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  new 
  to 
  

   us. 
  We 
  stood 
  iu 
  shore 
  a 
  little 
  before 
  sunset 
  and 
  picked 
  up 
  the 
  collect- 
  

   ing 
  parties, 
  who 
  reported 
  nothing 
  new 
  in 
  this 
  locality. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Benedict 
  thought 
  we 
  could 
  not 
  spend 
  more 
  time 
  here 
  advanta- 
  

   geously. 
  We 
  had, 
  he 
  said, 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  every 
  species 
  of 
  birdseeu 
  

   on 
  the 
  island, 
  besides 
  other 
  specimens, 
  and, 
  although 
  we 
  might 
  get 
  a 
  

  

  