Field Notebook: Mexico 1906
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half-type. From mines we send, see souvenir Card on silt. At 5 we return to the station and start away for Orizaba & Tehuacan. This tour had that we have missed seeing Puebla. It is evidently one of the best types of Mexican cities. From a number I saw the Cathedral and it was curious. Often in the street any widow could be seen the best class of Mexican ladies. The curtain linen held outside of the window are fresh furnishing those of the home to stand behind. We again see much of the empire made limestone called by the English architect, Aguillon calls it Travertine. Much of Tehuacan we see much of this Travertine in the walls are in the hills sides. The scenery seen today has been of the grandest type but we are rushing through the country too fast to appreciate the meaning I saw the geological gardens. Everywhere one sees Magnez for pulque and mescal purposes showing to what extent these drinks are drunk in Mexico. Aguillon says the yield is about $7.00 per acre and the corn costs about 1.00. It is one of the most profitable