The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-21

steam engine whom we addressed making inqui.
ries which resulted In an AngloSaxon companion
OFFERING 20 accompany us TO all the points o. inter
the roads were quite safe IN the nelghberhood 70
which he replied In the affirmative. asked, "mn .
went DOWN as Road 70 his s
k.lnappagi" Eyes; he = trying 70 Be rssDec eta
which you see about here are bis. He has contract
for supplying stone ,n . Mas ne been a par n
mo; 'i he is perhaps afraid he may meet
some persons whom ne has wr0nged who may
ayenra Themselves on the spotn We wondered what
could the policy OF at least not going through with
the formalty Of an arrest trial, sentence and par
don in Tor the sake of apparent consistency.
What conclusion IL 1t possible to draw from the late
pardon OF HonoraJo D0mlngues, which the Governor
state and nom the freedom OF the noted Fragoso,
and further his employment on the public works?
The officers Of justice cannot be obvious 10 the de-
AT the northern end Of the line, where the tun-
mel will open INTO the gorge or baranca, our party
Fan, with whom and his comrade we divided our
cold LUNCH after which visited the cuttings. This
gentleman has foreign appearance and speaks Eng.
llSh like German although he has never been out OF
Mexico. He has the reputation Of being one OF the
most competent engineers in the country, and GER
talnly distinguished himself with our party by his
courtesy. Immense excavations are being made at
this point and immense basin Is being for the
reception OF the water from the tunnel just before
passes into the baranca OF Acatlan. This barranca
or gorge mas also been cut and enlarged for dis
lance Of quarters OF mile until It forms the
river Iequisquiac, and finally the Panuco, winch
flows into the Gulf OF Mexico.
wish to write particularly Of the discoveries
m DALE aqrng Inc cnsns ana excavations OF tn,s
sloping side, buried few feet In blue clay, were
found the remains Of q human skeleton In fair
state OF preservation They appeared to be OF aper
son advanced In years, as the aveola OF the lower
jaw and the teeth were almost entirely wanGing.
The individual had evidently sustained q severe
regular and depressed and the bone had thickened
In the pocesS OF recovery, The original proprietor OF
who had at some period OF his life been worsted in
club fight. Below the Aztec, q little further down
deposit believed to be volcanic ASH were found the
head ana bones OF q species OF wild boar. On the
opposite side OF the baranca, usually less than 1f
teen feet below the general plane through which the
gorge passes In the same geological formation
tepetate, were discovered and taken out the bones
OF three or more distinct animals OF i'm
mense size. TWO possibly belonging to the
elephant tribe one to the pachydermata or thick
SKINNED mamlnalia, perhaps OF the class OF the
rhn0ceros, as the horn found seemed to stand up
perpendicularly from the Uranium, was immensely
strong ana thick, ana about eighteen TO twenty
inches long. Teeth OF the American moose or elk
also believed have been found. or the remains
OF the large animals there are several ivory tusks
seven to ten feet long; lower jaws, having upon
eiIher SIDE but single TOOTH ten TO twelve inches
deep antero, poSterior diameter line to ten inches,
and lateral diameter four and half inches, the
jaws themselves being Of triangular shape and
measuring thirty inches IRON tie chin to the pos.
terror end OF either ralnus and the same distance
across rom one TO the other. Other measurements
three Ieet three inches circumference at ends,
feet ten inches and two feet eight inches; tusk,
two feet five inches clyeumference radius, eighteen
inches long tbia, upper end, two feet four Inches
In circumference patella, knee pau; Dih5 ihCMts
long and SIX inches wide. and 1ity-iiye inches
head Of eur, 81 thigh bone two feet IN crcan
ference skull SO broken up that its could not be
estimated; base OF skull, upon which the atlas
Inv Snuap forar ...fo
Tor spinal cord, three ana half by two and half
inches. Parts OF cayicie, pelyis, &c. were found,
ana cervica dorsal and lumbar vertebra the spines
OF Whicn stood up very erect and nearly at right
angle with the long diameter Of the body The
tusnes were slightly curved, like those OF the eie
phanL The geological formation where the above
were found seemed 10 be recent, and the bones OF
man found cannot OF course be considered as OF an
Individual OF the same epoch with those monsters
whose skeletons were found near by. The former
may nave been buried In the side OF the gorge by
his comrades, or washed where he was fonna ages
after the monsters ceased to live. The latter may
have died before the nood, or have paid the last
penalty during some volcanic eruption. However
The surface but distributed, two bones being seldom
found together. This TACT would argue some moving
cause, years or centuries alter the death
81 the animal. Commencing at the top the formations
are-vegetaDe mould, volcanic ash. sometimes clay
arst, buccia composed OF small ana ar-er pebbles
ceMentea Win line, still further below limestone OF
pinAsh color and OF sufficient hardness Tor use in
building. Whatever upheaying there may have been
OF the lower strata In this locality the excavations
and shafts reveal remarkable faults only here and
there slight Joss an Tie IorIna wiicn Tor many
lolules OF cliacedony are abundant susceptible OF a
Deaut1u poilSn. Bits OF pollcTy, pipes ana idols |
nave also been removed from the ASH at the depth
d several feet during the sinking OF the shafts which
Indicate the nlling up OF the surface either by deposit
y BY volcanic eruption, SINCE the e Of their manu-
acturers. Take this matter altogether, il IS
one 10 speculate upon, for oil course |
lotning positive can be arrived at.
Ketlrnlng 10 Zumpango on the Kind invitation or |
ir. AlInazan, we found ourselves the wen received |
guests OF the corps OF engineers at whose head Is
IT. Jesus Manzano, and have been able TO examine |
Ind take the measurements givea above OF tue |
zones which have been recovered. IL is not an |
lntmportaut nor unnteressing fact that your |
respondent has since visited locality thirty miles |
Instant from LulDang ia S0ltAw esterly direction.
where he has discovered the bones or number OF |
monsters which resemble those found and described
hove. Teeth, itsAs ald other paris Of tue sKec-
ons which nave removed axe similar 70 the above.
Tie geological formation Is the same as that at the
l4rrdnca " Acastan and the remains were likewise
Onnd an gorge or barTanca. or rather upon us |
aes. The tepetate IL which they were found ap- |
leared u &c deposited upon the sides OF tie gorge,
alternating with their strata OF buccia, lime or
oaa, a1 having the same inclination toward |
ne horizon and dipping from either side OF the gorge
oward the centre. u VIII, perhaps. require no
great stretch OF the Imagination TO believe that in
ages past tue valley 81 Mexico has been one vast
Jungle, ~ watch have lourshed many varieties VI
nc pGchydermatt, or thick skinned mammalia,
Whicn, wandering upon the hisides, near the
valley, more or less covered with water, have died
~ Dgsn cYertaSen BY some volcanic eruption ana
great lai q volcanic ash, aud subsequently their
bones may have been washed, together with the
ASH into the position where they are now dis
covered By the sudden movement OF portion vi tie
water u the lake, occasoned by an dpheaylng or
the earth below the lake at tile lime that PUpO-
catepCu some other volcano near the valley may
haze Leen eTuptiye. Tie nnding Of these skeletons
y certainly destructive 20 the theory that the valley
has been At one lime The crater Of an imrnense vol
eano, Tor l. such these bones would have been
burned Up. am IN hopes Of sending some OF these
specimens 70 the United states, where tney may be
compared with others which hove been exnuned
ia dilerent parts 81 that c01nsry. 80
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