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idea of the reality, save form and con¬ 
tour. There was a narrow ledge on the 
skirts of the cave where one could find a 
way to enter, except at the highest tide 
or when a storm was beating landward, 
which is seldom the case, and never 
known during the winter months. 
Guaymas has a wealth of natural attrac¬ 
tions for the winter visitor or traveler, but 
hardly any reared by the hand of man to 
make his stay agreeable in a strictly 
physical sense. The hotels are all Mexi¬ 
can, and while they should be judged 
from that standpoint, probably to an 
American they would be very uncom¬ 
fortable. Our hotel was a curious com¬ 
pound of saloon, kitchen, dining room, 
and court, all in one, with sleeping rooms 
ranged along two sides. One end of the 
building opened on a street, and the other 
