Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08

BILE:
Popocatepetl, States of Mexico and Vera
cruz. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LISP
Orizaba, or Citlaltepetl, State OF Vera
Cruz. .................:. .............. 1856
1xtaccihuatl, States of Mexico and Pue.
bla.. .................... $1,000
Nevada de Toluca, or Xinantecatl, State
of Mexico................ $1,000
Nevada de Colma, State OF Jllisco...... 1850
Ajusco, Federal District ................. 1852
Matlalcueyatl, or Malintzi, State OF
TlaXcala. .........: 49,: .............. 13,4G2
Cofre de Perote or Nauchanpatepetl
State of Vera Cruz ............. 80. IL, i03
Nolcan de Coima, State OF Jaisco....... IL ,12S
P1co de TancitarO State of NJ choacan.. Il ,653
Cerro de Patamban, State OF Iichoacan IL ,290
ZempOaltepec, State of OaxaCa. II ,9b5
Los Llanltos State of Guam ahato... II ,0l3
P1co de QuinceO, State OF Micloacan -. l0,s95
Gigantic, State of Guanajuato. ...... 1858
CerrO de Culiacan, State of Guanauato. l0,640
Las Navaias, State of fIidalgo. .......... 10,52S
Neta Grande, State of Zacatecs....... 1856
Cumbre de Jesus Maria, Stateof Chhua-
hua ........................ .... s23O
Cerro del Proano, state OF Zaeatecas.... 1850
Ricers. Although some of the rivers
of Mexico are of very considerable
length, they are not navigable; nor does
their volume materially increase from
source to mouth. This curious constancy
of volume is due partly to lack of tribu-
tares partly to rapid evaporation; part
ly to the tapping of the streams for pur-
poses of irrigation. The more important
rivers are: the Rio Grande rising in Col
orado and, after crossing New Mexico,
flowing along the borders of Chihuahua,
Coahuila and Tamaulipas to the Gulf of
Mexico, Il total length of l,500 miles; the
Lerma, flowing through Mexico, Guiana
juato, Michoacan and Jalisco to the Paci-
tic, $40 miles; the Balsas (also called the
Mescala and the Zacatula) flowing
through TlaXcala, Puebla. Morelos
Guerrero and Michoacan to the Pacific
426 miles; the Yaqui, flowing through
Sonora to the Gulf of California. 300
miles: the Grijalva, rising in Guatemala
and flowing through Chiapas and Tabas-
co to the Gulf of Mexico, $50 miles; the
Fuerte, flowing through Sinaloa to the
Gulf of California, $40 miles the Uzuma-
cinta, rising in Guatemala and flowing
through Campeche and Tabasco to the
Gulf of Mexico, $50 miles.
Lakes. West of the city of Mexico. OF
the Pacific slope, in the States of Michoa
can and Jalisco, is very beautiful lake
region. The more important of thes,
western lakes are: Chapaa, about ST
miles long by 30 miles broad; Cuitzeo
about 40 miles long by 10 miles broad
and Patzcuaro, about % miles long by II
miles broad. In the Bolson of Mapimi i:
the Lake of the Caiman. upward of 81
miles long, with a number of smaller
lakes near it; in the Valley of Mexico are
the large lakes of Chalco and NochimilcC
(properly a single lake. and TeXcoco
and the small lakes of Zumpango and Sal
Cristobal. Small lakes are found in al
most every part of Mexico.
animal Life. Although the ancient
MeXicans did not subject to economical
purposes the wild animals around them
Mexico at the present day is abundantly
stocked with domesticated animals, in
troduced by the Spaniaids. Horned cat
tie and horses have, indeed, grown wilC
in remote places, and a large part of thu
wealth of the country, especially in il
northern portion, is derived from stock
ranging. The ordinary domesticated an
finals of EurOpe-the horse, OK, ass, mule
sheep, goat, pig, chickens-are found ev
erywhere; the turkey is native to Next
co. Dogs are painfully numerous; ever.
Mexican town swarms with them. Cats
also an imported luxury, have taken mos
kindly to the land of their enforced adop
ton. Seeker, finer, more engaging cat
than those of Mexico are not TO be foun'
in all the world. The fact should b'
noted that in their treatment OF all pc
animals the Mexicans manifest grea
tenderness. On the other hand, thei
treatment of beasts of burden usually l
about as far removed from tenderness IA
anything very well can be. Wild an
imals of various sorts-bear, deer
wolves, jaguars, pumas, tiger-cats ant
hosts of vermiD-abound. A great varl
, ETY. of game-birds are found, and TIN
waters yield large quantities of excellen
fish and oysters. In the Gulf of Califor
mia the pearl oyster is found.
Vegetable Products. Under the infiu
ence of its widely diversified climate
, Mexico's vegetable products are varied II
the extreme. In the hot lands are forest
! of mahogany, ebony, rosewood and othe
valuable hard-woods, and in the temper
ate and cold lands are found the oab
pine and other forest growth of the ten
perate zone. The principal products
cultivation are corn, beans, wheat, rice