1892 
Hacienda 
San Antonio 
(Colima) 
Mar, 28 
to 
Mar, 29 
became much more rank and dense growth of bushes on the south slope 
gar® evidence of a much heavier rainfall than is found at Colima, 
Coming to the summit of the rise the ootmtry descends abruptly 
in a series of very steep and deep gulches divided by broken sharp- 
backed ridges to the narrow, rocky valley of the stream inhere the 
Hacienda is located. The slopes of these hills and their bases and 
narrow intervening gulches are heavily clothed with a fine growth of 
large trees, bushes and many vines which extend down to the bottom 
of the "ml ley. 
About 3 p.m,, we reached the Hacienda which is a fine series of 
buildings made of volcanic Tufa laid up in a series of large stones 
each surrounded by a series of small thin-edged stones all set in 
cement. This is a common style of building in this country both in 
old and new buildings and is also used in stone walls. 
I found the same arrangement of stone work once in an ancient 
ruined Indian pueblo at head of San Francisco R. in Hew Mexico 
(Baca Plaza), The Hacienda is mainly devoted to coffee, but sugar 
and alcohol (80°) or Aguardiente are made from cane. The letter 
being made from the molasses left after the sugar is made. 
The coffee is brought in by the pickers (men, women, or children) 
in baskets holding about a bushel, for which they get 15 cents. The 
berries are dark red, usually paler m one side, end at a short 
distance a basket full of them looks exactly like so many cranberries 
both in sise and color. These berries are soaked in a tank and then 
run through a cylinder with brushes pressing against the sides so 
that the tough outer skin is broken and comes off leaving the two 
kernels lying, flat sides together, exposed, Eaoh kernel is 
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