Mexico City Aug 20 Monday Around 6 cloudy and cool churning up time in this city at 6.30 At the train we met Ordoney and Shry. A Mr Garcia looked after me and at 8 am we start away for Orizaba - On the trip. Shortly after leaving Mexico on the Interoce- at 8 a.m onica are several smaller volcanoes to the south or right of the railroad, All of these volca- nos are easy to lie on a once defined fault line. These volcanoes are seen like dark and no clouds, Once in less deeply surrounded by brushings. At 9 one pass through Texcoco the place of the old gardens described by Prescott. A plain or plain with its roots to the south, At 9.20 we pass Metepec and to the NE by way of a sandy tract road we see the first large pyramids in this region are soon filled with "maguey" from which is made the tolque. The vegetation is more profuse than that elsewhere along my route. Also great fields of Indian corn in good condition South of Orizaba the lies are covered by an open forest of small conifers.