1892 
Manzanillo 
(Colima) 
(Vioinity) 
Feb. 3 
to 
Peb. 14 
Always in going out, Eusebio carries a carbine in one hand and 
has a machete slung over his other (left) shoulder in its scabbard. 
In going heme, w© often left the trails and he would draw his 
machete and walk ahead, lopping the branches of the thorny bushes in 
our way with surprising dexterity. His clothing consists of a white 
cotton shirt, broad cotton trousers (white), sandals, and a high straw 
hat. 
Finding game scarce on this peninsula, I decided to take our traps 
across to the mainland side of the lagoon. This we did after Eusebio 
had procured a written permission for us to go on the land there, as 
it is the property of Ponciano Ruts, and it seems that the people 
here are very strict not to permit unlicensed trespassing cm their 
land. 
We trapped there a few days and secured 3 Tiger Cats, a number of 
opossums and coons, and Sperm . annulatus which latter is very abundant. 
A beautiful belt of cocoanut palms grows along the mainland here,- the 
species cm which the small oil-bearing nuts grow. Some lovely vistas 
and nooks where perpetual twilight is found occur in these groves, and 
it is like wandering down the aisles of a noble high-pillared cathedral 
to walk in their shadow. 
The Tesmo abounds there, as do also the Acapulco deer, Jabalin, 
and other animals. 
The drawback to enjoyment here, however, is in the myriads of 
small ticks which swarm on the bushes and cover one from head to foot 
in a few minutes. The young fellow with me after a day or two beoame 
a mass of small pimples from their bites, and neither of us could 
sleep at night from the nervous irritation brought on by them. 
At length we took up our traps and loading them into a dugout 
canoe, we paddled back to Manzanillo. On the way we saw from 6 to 10 
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