1892 
Maneanillo 
(Colima) 
Jan* 26 
to 
Jan* 31 
Feb. 1 
to 
Feb. S 
street about every 2 feet. As nearly all traffic is by pack mule or 
porters such pavement is very durable. 
The hcusos are mainly one story,- with gently sloping, double- 
pitched roofs covered with oval tiles. 
The common people either go barefooted or wear sandals. The men 
wear shirts and overalls, with a broad-rimmed high-crowned straw hat,- 
and a serape is commonly carried thrown over one shoulder morning or 
evening. The women wear a chemise cut square across the upper part of 
bust, leaving shoulders and arms exposed except for the narrow shoulder 
bands,- a petticoat and shawl thrown over shoulders or drawn about head 
for a street costume completes the costume unless sandals or sometimes 
shoes are added. 
The town is supplied with water by burros carrying 6 water jars in 
a frame, 3 on a side, or by a tank wagon. Street venders of cakes 
have small tables spread at times or walk about with their wares 
balanced on their heads* Venders of cocoanut milk walk slowly about 
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carrying their ware. My work has proved a source of never failing 
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interest to them and they seem very willing to give me all they possess 
in the way of information. This place is a fine one for an ornithdogist 
as it is very rioh in birds and also in reptiles. 
Last Saturday I went a oouple of miles out of town to a ranch where 
I heard that 1 would find an American (Mr* Stadden). It proved to be 
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so and I was cordially received by him and we established a relation¬ 
ship on the faot of both coming from Illinois. I enjoyed his hospit¬ 
ality for two days and while there helped take a large Iguana over 
4 feet long and also saw a pair of the pretty little Aoapuleo deer* 
They made their way up a steep hillside through a dense tangle of 
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