1894 
Mitla 
(Oaxaca) 
San Miguel 
Albarradas 
These doors led into the middle of one side of a hall running east 
and west a little over 110 ft. long down the oenter of which runs a 
series of smooth round pillars, each of a single stone, and measuring 
11 ft. above the ground and from 9* 1” to 9* 3" in circumference about 
5 feet from the ground. At the ground they measure 3 or 4 inches more 
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and this taper is carried nearly to the top. She last few inches is 
rounded in muoh more rapidly. In center of this building is a small 
court surrounded by small rooms and the court and rooms have figured 
walls in same patterns as on exterior walls, ^he rooms of all these 
buildings were without any windows or other openings through the walls 
All doors are broad with flat caps. I asked my Indian servant what he 
thought these ruins were made for, and he said they were the chapel of 
some saint, but he did not know which one. 
dune 29th: Remained in Mitla. 
June 30th* San Miguel Albarradas. 6400 ft, altitude. Finding the 
load too much for ny single pack animal, I hired another one to help us 
along today. Our road was an extremely rough one leading several miles 
up a rocky canon just above Mitla and then crossing several high ridges 
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with very rough trails leading up rough slopes. The mule distinguished 
itself by falling backwards off the trail three or four times and gave 
us a great deal of work in addition to her skinning herself in several 
places. The vegetation of the dry hills over which we passed is that 
of the dry Lower Sonoran region, A mansanilla, many agaves, cacti, 
yuccas, an Oootilla like that growing on plains of southern Arizona, 
acacias and many species I had not seen before. This continued up to 
6500 ft. Then there was evidence of greater rainfall and several species 
of oaks (3) came in and predominated in the form of scrubby trees up to 
about 7000 feet, which was as high as our road took us. 
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