SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20560 
Typescript of first three pages of field notebook 
The pennisula of Yucatan is dotted with the monumental ruins of a dead 
cult,, it still survives witht the desendents of the builders oi those 
memorials, an athletic barefoot r a ce docile and intelligent and simple 
still Indians. 
History is pSked to tell us what w„s the course of development up to the 
closing episode of tfiid cult and what- we query not in vain as to what h p s 
followed to date. 
The type isC doubtful one. It is today well marked and the ind - 
ividual of Spanish blood can be selected with almost P s nvch e P se p s he 
who has negro blood in the U. S. 
Ir Figure short (5ft.) strong bodied arms and le s short ?nd strongly 
knit, tapering, feet, head etc. 
Habits, alert „ctive industrious small because of small environment, loyal 
clean, cheerful. 
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