524 The American Naturalist. [June, 
In the second part of the volume a talent for lucid simplification 
impresses us in novel panoramic views of Uxmal and Chichen Itza, 
when stationed upon an imaginary height, we view the arrangement 
of walls and mounds clear of obscuring masses of leafage and rubbish, 
add to this something of the ever delightful charm of the landscape 
painter in sketches illustrating the course of expedition along the east 
coast, as we follow it from the Isle of women (Mujeres) to Tuloom, and 
from Cozumel to Cancun and El Meco. Looking from water to land we 
seem to see the tropical distance taking on its mirage like garb of cool- 
ness, and by grotesque pinnacles of rock, hear the rush of green waves 
upon the sands, where mysterious walls set softly in the deceitful blue 
allure us from the shore—Hxrnry C. Mercer. 
. Reprinted from The American Naturalist, June Ist, 1896. 
