1894 
San Andres 
Tuxtla 
(Oaxaca) 
Elay 
Un going to the hotel, I found that the room I formerly occupied 
and in which seme of my things were stored had an American in it who 
proved to he Mr, Bullis, American Vice-consul in Vera Crus, The 
landlady put us in it also, and I proceeded to clear off a large table 
and to spread on it the miscellaneous gatherings of the trip, such as 
snakes, frogs, lizards, mice, birds, and shells, preparatory to la¬ 
belling them. Soon after our felloe? lodger came in and, after giving 
a surprised and horrified glance at the table, turned and went immed¬ 
iately to the landlady and got transferred to another room. 
On the 14th I sent my assistant down to Tuxtla, 7 miles below, to 
do a couple of nights* trapping. He went down and after setting traps 
along a cliff, he shot a squirrel and went on to the town to find a 
hotel. When he came near the town, he was met by S policemen each 
carrying 
isket in one hand, at full cock. They asked for his 
guu and told him he was wanted at the jail. He gave up his gun and 
went with them and was put in jail where he was kept for several hours 
While in with the other prisoners he walked about and showed some un¬ 
easiness at which his follow prisoners, natives, tried to comfort him 
by saying, "Don't feel badlyj we*11 all get out tomorrow." As soon as 
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put in he asked to be allowed to telegraph me and they said he could, 
but then kept putting him off until the office was shut, Alien first 
taken to jail he had told who he ms and That doing. Finally they took 
him, late in evening, to the Alcalde and the latter had him give an 
account of himself and then said that a local law exists here that no 
one is permitted to hunt within half a league of the town without a 
license and the latter are only given to responsible people, and no 
one is permitted to go on another’s land without permission. "However," 
he added, "you are a stranger here and meant no harm, so I will not 
hold you responsible. You are at liberty.” Then he said that the land 
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