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crops.
After leaving Puebla one may get out and
Indian corn grows the valley from thence to
Tehuacan. It is a surprise to me to see the
fertility of this plain upon which seem to lie
the volcanos.
A great deal of work in the way of drainage
and irrigation ditches has been done. The descendants
of the Aztecs known lead the simplest of lives.
Cows in this region are much larger than any so
far seen in Mexico. Equal to our western plain
cattle.
We are staying at Hotel Mexico and I
believe no one speaks English.
The ceremony or performance on the Plaza was intensely
because it brought out all the emotions, your demons.
Tehuacan Tuesday August 21.
Had a good night at Hotel Mexico and was up at 5.30. Had breakfast at 6.30 and left the station in our special train at 7.30.
Tehuacan is one of the poorer Mexican towns built of me stay houses very simple. Rice as farly as one visits the poorer are other cleaning of. Even the mechanics on the street are at work.