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sandals were shuffling in 2 to 3 inches of dust, The host came cub 
Vie,of 
Colim 
(C o! ima) 
Mar. 30 
Mar. 31 
to 
Apr. 1 
Hacienda 
San Marcos 
(Jalisco) 
Apr, 2 
t»hen I stopped a moment to look on and invited me to eoja# to with a 
vary hospitable air, but I had to go on. So ached town in the evening. 
Hear Colima. Busily at work getting ready for my trip to 
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Guadalajara. 
I^eft Colima early in the morning end after 12 hours on the road 
mde a station house at the village of Con*jo on the lid©. San Marcos,- 
over 35 miles from our starting point. The country rises in a series 
of gradual, slightly rolling elevations all the way from Colima and 
the road swings around the base of the volcano to the east and is 
close to its base at San Marcos whence a beautiful view is to be had 
of the pine-clad base extending up to where the desolate slopes of 
ashy-gray blot out all life, 
Thin white vapor car. be seen craning out of the sides cf the cone 
in many places. Off to the south and east can be seen the canon of 
the Coahuayana Siver rising north of Zapotlan and flowing south to 
the coast, San Marcos must be at about 4500 t® 5000 feet elevation, 
and is a large sugar plantation, sugar can© being grown by irrigation 
close up to the lower edge of the pines. 
The Hacienda buildings are white-washed and st~?v’ cut in hold re¬ 
lief against the green of the pine slopes behind them. Several small 
water courses leading from base of volcano down toward the river were 
crossed* The country rock was limestone for a part of the tray east 
of Colima and then gave way to a fine sandstone conglomerate with 
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much surface wash of volcanic boulders from the volcano*s base. 
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