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City Of Mexico. April o, 1897.

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Dear Sir:-As ! am taking rest today.
after having seen the principal places oe
interest and thinking . letter frou
MEXICO might BE- OF interest to readers q
The ISpkrkSDEsr. I concluded TO write
. short article giving . brief sccount ot
my trip and some Of my experiences.
which sasure you have bsen many and
varied.
Hen Denver at s.X5 Monday evening".
April II, via the Santa Fe reaching "a
P.so. Texas Wednesday morning at IL 70
aftss IN uneventful trip through sosth.
esu Colorado. New MEXICO and scru0
the corner of Texas. There found every
thing green and the weather warn and
pleasant - =.
Afsss svsitiaG tsasspostssjoo 70 this
city over the Mexican Central Ry. lsft
Fl Paso Friday at o'clock; crossing the
river to Cuidsd Juares, Mexico; had
supper and our baggage inspected and
at 8 O'Clock started on the trip for the
City Of Mexico. distance oe liza miles
from El Paso.
II was very interesting 70 - all the
buildings of adobe OF sun dried brick,
while at . small station the natives,
dressed in cheap white cotton clothing
with q heavy blanket thrown over their
shoulders and sombrerus on their heads
worth many times the value u al their
other clothing.
From El Paso to Lerdo . distance Of
5l5 miles the trip 10 very uuiutercsting,
as the railroad passes through q sandy.
barren valley almost continually. Lerdo.
4 city OF 10000 inhabitants. 10 situated in
= valley said to be similar to the valley
OF the Nile, cotton only being planted
about once in seven years The district
10 watcred by large irrigatine bitches
from the Nazas river. which overfiows
twice year.
From there to the City the scene
changes continually. At times passing
through beautiful valleys. while at others
thruuh sandy wastes and over low
mountains.
Thirty miles from the City of Mexico
10 the great Nochistongo Cut, . canal COM
meuccd in l6o7 FOR the purpose Of draining
the valley Of MEXICO. but a. Il was not
success was abandoned. It varies in
width FROM 80 TO $50 feet and in depth
80 to 19s feet. A fine view can be had
from the train Of the Mexican Central
Ry, which il built on one side Of the
cut at an elevation of from SO TO 60 feet.
After leaving the cut the train psSrs
over low range Of hills and then into
the valley Of Mexico. entering through
ficlds OF Magucy plant from which 10 CT.
trscted the great drink of the "peon-
pulquc gardens, etc, while
beyond can be seen the spires of the
many churches, fos which MEXICO b
noted. and beyond the extinct volcanos.
Pcpocatepetl and Ixtsccihuatl. Passing
through many small tovnsI reached here
at $50 Sunday evening. April 10.
Monday forenoon wss taken up In an
attempt 10 find suitable lodgings and
after considerable trouble I found Q
roon which vas very ordinary at 400
week, Mexican money. and . restaurant
near BY where obtained meals ios the
same price, eight pecua.
In the afternoon took . mule street
cur. which By The way = the oaly kisd
tAsy have, and vent oat 10 Chapultepsc.
bet fospd ! could sos enter The pask. -
. pass fsoo the govsspos a Natioeal
Pslsce vas necessssy 10 eotes The caStle.
Consequently went 70 our srtiaG niais-
ter, . very polite eentls0en a Mexican
birth. who procursd The desired peoss
and rsvisitsd CAapsltepsc Thuruday
sftesuooa. being taken throsgh the