dence of a village was the oo currence of stone fences and we were 
not long in discovering that many of the stones used were rudely 
squared and had their origin in the ancient ruins. 
| the village consists of a score or more of thatched houses and 
huts.. and the people are shy but interesting, and at noon we were 
assembled in the shade of trees between two of the most comfortable 
dwellings to await lunch, which was quickly prepared by the little 
women of the household. We were much pleased on entering the larger 
hut to find a table with chairs and an excellent dinner of eggs, 
chicken, tortéellas, beans, sweet wine, and followed by dessert of 
bits of fresh sugar cane and thick coffee. Men, women and children 
were clean, intelligent, agreeable and apparently happy. 
Photographed some children among which were a comely little 
girl with a parrot. In the back yard I observed one of the Spanish 
olive jars (oil?) of the type found in mounds in Florida. 
