Laguna, Mexico, 
January 28th, 1895. 
My dear Kate: 
Here we are at last in a harbor where the water is 
not so everlasting nervous. I have had the worst case 
of sea sickness yet. Of course the good sea legs I had 
gained in the former trips had totally left me during the 
.volans and horse back trips and I had hardly got aboard 
yesterday at Progresso when I began to feel the effects and 
your three letters handed me after getting aboard were not 
half read before I had to consult Neptune and make my con- 
tribution. Millspaugh who left us there can tell you what 
a tossing one gets at Progresso. All hands.were sorry to 
miss Millspaugh as he was our great and only botanist and a 
first class traveling companion beside. I suppose you will 
be sorry not to have me back also but the fates are still 
pointing to the westward and there is no telling where we 
will stop if all goes well. hagana is at the entrance of 
@ great lagoon in the south margin of the gulf and into it 
flows the Usuma-Seuita River up which we must sail to reach 
“Polenque, We left Progresso at four o'clock yesterday in 
@ rolling sea, but with a clear sky and it has remained clear 
put the wind stirred up a criss-cross movement in the waters 
this morning and I wished for a volans again and would have 
willingly changed. I am half dazed yet and my stomach 
