sheltered anchorage just in front of town which lies at the north side 
Acapulco 
(Guerrero) 
of the bay* A small old-fashioned fort with moat and drawbridge is 
built on a low hill at the edge of town on the shore and a quarantine 
hospital is built on the outer island* 
The town is along the water and thence up the slope of the border¬ 
ing hills and contains about 4,000 poople, Close by is a graveyard 
said to contain ever 100,000 dead, including two American Consuls, thus 
showing the deadly character of the climate. The present consul, Edgar 
Battle, told me that the deaths here far exceed the births. The town 
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is very poorly built mainly of adobe houses all of one story except 
some 4 or 5* About the borders of town and numbering over half the 
population are the jaoales of the native people* This is a coaling 
station of the P.M.S.S.Co, and many war vessels coal here, A consider¬ 
able percentage of the natives hero are of mixed Negro and Indian blood. 
The hills which rise all about the bay are of granite and are over¬ 
grown with low woods of scrubby trees and bushes. Between the town and 
sea a narrow ridgo cuts off the breeze and is supposed to add to the 
unhealthiness of the town, ^h@ people began a cut through a narrow and 
low part of this barrier some years ago but gave it up and it now lies 
like so many other things in this country that are started with great 
enthusiasm only to be abandoned as soon as the novelty of the idea wears 
off, 
Gn our arrival we found the Hotel Pacific© where the U,S. Consul and 
a few ether .Americans wore boarding. Among these X was surprised to 
meet Dr. E, Palmer, who is here collecting plants. From the 1st to the 
9th of January we remained at Acapulco resting from the trip and working 
the vicinity. 
For the last two days on the road in, and two days after my arrival, 
I ooughed a little blood, but this soon ceased and I soon felt pretty 
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