1892 
Armeria 
(Colima) 
Feb. 23 
to 
Feb* 29 
The people here have found out that we have traps out, and as a 
consequence they have begun to steal them, so that I have been 
obliged to take them up* Four were taken one night, 
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On the 26th, I went down to Cuyutlan on the seashore to get some 
bats from the hotel building there which is now deserted, X found 
the Saecopteryx like that found at Manzanillo to be very common, 
Cuyutlan is a pleasure resort for the people of Colima during 
April and lay. The hotel is near a fine strip of sea beach for 
bathing, but is a long, roughly made barn-like building of boards. 
The rest of the town is built of wattled brush and grass. The 
season is now approaching when the people will be here and 20 or 30 
people were busy bringing in brush and huge packs of grass to rebuild 
the roofs and walls of the houses. 
The amusing description I had received of the plaee came to mind, 
A man at Manzanillo told me that this was a watering place where 
people lived 2 months each year and then they left and the cattle came 
in and ate up the town which was rebuilt each season. 
On the trains naming from Colima to Manzanillo are two armed 
guards at all times. The prevalence of weapons among all ©lasses 
is very striking, Nearly all wear revolvers (Colts), but when too 
poor for this then they carry about the machete. This is slung from 
the saddle bow and is intended for service among the thickets as well 
as a weapon, but when travelling the more well-to-do classes have the 
machete replaced on the saddle by a light saber or sometimes a straight 
sword, 
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At Armeria I am stopping at the principal store and Tequila bar 
in the plaee, and it is a common custom for the people to come and 
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stay about the plaee drinking and talking for hours, carrying a naked 
machete in the hand when they have no revolver. 
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