EL MECO. Jan. and, 1895. 
January 2nd was set apart for our Cleat visit to the Mainland 
and as soon in the Commins o'clock) as the village official who 
was tO accompany us got through his dispatching business, we set 
out in the strong little gasoline launch. ‘The trip across ,of about 
five miles southwest ,was rendered charming by the beautiful sea 
which overdid itself in its changes of light and play of colors. 
We approached the land obliguely and could see but little to 
break the monotony of the low lying shore line. We could detect 
a clump of dark foliage rising above the general line of green for- 
est long before we reached the shore. Landing at a low point a 
little north of the rim we skirted the shore afoot,observing two 
small ruins at the right, one near the point and the other back 
of the first sand ridge farther on. Leaving the beach and crossing 
the sand ridge, some 12 or 15 feet high we passed into the copses 
and following a slight trail for a few bande ve feet we were in the 
midst of an interesting group of ruins. 
The central structure was an imposing pile of pyramidal form 
placed rather low and quite fully clothed with verdure,;, only small 
portions of the walls goveniiae here and there. As to the other 
ruins, mostly much reduced, they were absolutely invisible save 
where approached to within a few feet, ascending the pyramid, we 
