1892 
Colima 
(Colima) 
Fob, 20 
Feb. 21 
Met a Mr. Noakes from Carpus Christi, Texas this a.m. He has just 
come in from Guadalajara and is en route to Manzanillo to collect birds. 
This is a town of one story,- tile-roofed houses with a pretty 
garden and plaza. Fine gardens of cocoanut trees and other tropical 
fruits are scattered about the outskirts of the town and several 
plantations of bananas and cocoanuts were passed between here and 
Armoria. 
To the north of the town rising up 10,000 feet from the plain is 
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the grand bulk of the volcano, about whose head a group of cumulus 
clouds hang most of the time although the volcano is quiet at present. 
For several thousand feet from the summit, the volcano is a bare gray 
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cone of ashes and lava; below this is a pine forest becoming more 
abundant as the east and north flanks of the adjacent and higher peak 
is reached. 
A broad plain swoops down along the course of the Armaria River 
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from base of volcano by Colima to the sea. It is covered with a growth 
of low trees and thorny bushes with scattered and irregular open 
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grassy areas, * , 
Sunday. The markets and stores keep open and do a rushing 
business all day till 3 p.m., which is the general closing hour. 
In the evening walking about the plaza I was interested in the odd 
etiquette of the place. Ladies promenade about the walk next the 
wall going from right to left about the square. Outside of this, the 
gentlemen promenade in the opposite direction. In a still outer 
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circle is a space allotted to the poorer classes and all not dressed 
well enough to be classed as gentlemen or ladies. The police see 
that this line is preserved, and are strict in preventing any disorder 
or unseemly conduct in any of the ciroles. 
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