St. Michaels, Cozumel 
dai, 6th, 1895. 
Jamary Gti 1608: “Shine Sudday co te dee ee anchor 
arg take the day easily. Il went ashore at eleven and made a 
sketch with ohnes palms in the foreground and the village behind -— 
about one hours work. After lunch went off again and made a 
small sketch of a single cocoanut: palm. Others went collecting 
down the shore getting many corals, shells, etc. 
The rocks, which outerop along the shore to the Sie 
few feet only, are all alike, gnarly surfaced limestone cut into 
various cavernous forms by the water. aah shells numerous 
and coral very plentiful in the rocks here. | Secondary inclusions 
perhaps in Gases. | 
Tulum 
eee a 1895: This morning we ran over een San Michael to the 
famous ruin of Tulum or Toloom - a stronghold of the ancient Myas 
and held by them today in such a war-like are. independent spirit 
that it was decided unsafe to attempt a landing, but the situation 
of the ruin is such a bold one, we deemed it worth while to sail 
28 miles and back for a look at it a mile away. 
The accompanying sketches will give a good idea of what we 
saw. The broad faskig Gone wall is without an opening 
of any kind, and the monotony is only broken hy the outline of 
the dimly seen cornice moldings. The central building is squarish 
in outline. Natives were seen on the beach'a mile or two above 
Tulum where there are some huts near the shore but none were 
