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153
THE MEXICAN PEONES: STREET SCENE AT
CORDOVA . . . . . . . . . . . 160
TYPES OF MEXICANS OF THE UPPER CLASS: AN
ARCHBISHOP; A FAMOUS GENERAL AND MINISTER OF
PUBLIC WORKS; A FAMOUS MINISTER OF FINANCE, SENOR
LIMANTOUR; A STATE GOVERNOR . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
MEXICAN LIFE: THE CATHEDRAL AND THE PENITENTIARY,
CITY OF PUEBLA . 166
THE FAMOUS MEXICAN "RURALES," OR MEXICAN
MOUNTED POLICE . . . . . 172
SPANISH-COLONIAL CHURCH ARCHITECTURE: A TYPICAL
MEXICAN TEMPLE . . 176
SPANISH-COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE: THE PORTALES OF
CHOLULA . . . . . . 180

A PUBLIC GARDEN IN TROPICAL MEXICO: VIEW AT
COLIMA . . . . . . . . 184
THE VALLEY OF MEXICO: THE GREAT DRAINAGE
CANAL . . . . . . . . . . 188
THE CATHEDRAL OF THE CITY OF MEXICO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
191
BULL-FIGHT IN THE CITY OF MEXICO, SHOWING THE
SPECTATORS OF THE "SOL," THE PICADORES, AND THE
ENTERING BULL . . . . . . . . . . . 194
MEXICAN STREET SCENE: A PULQUE SHOP WITH
ARTISTICALLY-PAINTED
EXTERIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
MEXICAN ARTILLERY: A WAYSIDE
ENCAMPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
CITY OF GUADALAJARA: INTERIOR OF THE
CATHEDRAL . . . . . . . . . . 208
A TOBACCO-PRODUCING HACIENDA: STATE OF VERA
CRUZ . . . . . . . . . 213
MEXICAN PEON LIFE: TYPICAL VILLAGE
MARKET-PLACE . . . . . . . . . 215
THE PACIFIC COAST ZONE: COCOA-NUT PALMS AT
COLIMA . . . . . . . . 230
LIFE AND TRAVEL IN MEXICO: MULES, PEON, AND
CACTUS . . . . . . . . 235
NATIVE WOMEN OF TEHUANTEPEC: ORDINARY DRESS AND
CHURCH-GOING COSTUMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
240

THE PACIFIC COAST ZONE: THE PLAZA AND ENVIRONS OF
THE CITY OF COLIMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
MEXICAN ARTIFICIAL HARBOURS ON THE PACIFIC COAST:
THE NEW PORT WORKS OF SALINA CRUZ, TERMINUS OF
THE TEHUANTEPEC RAILWAY . . . . 306
GENERAL VIEW OF THE CITY OF MONTERREY, STATE OF
NUEVO LEON, UPON THE GREAT
PLATEAU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
TYPICAL SIDE STREET IN MEXICAN VILLAGE: THE TOWN OF
AMECA AND CLOUD-EFFECT ON
POPOCATEPETL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
STATE OF VERA CRUZ: THE BARRANCA OR RAVINE OF
MITLAC; VIEW ON THE MEXICAN
RAILWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 (Far below in the
valley is seen the bridge depicted at p. 340.)
VERA CRUZ: SHIPPING IN THE NEW HARBOUR . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
324
BRITISH ENGINEERING WORK IN MEXICO: BUILDING A
BREAKWATER . . . . 336
THE MITLAC RAVINE: VIEW ON THE MEXICAN
RAILWAY . . . . . . . . . . 340
BRIDGES OVER THE ATOYAC RIVER: MEXICAN
RAILWAY . . . . . . . . . . 342
THE SEAPORT OF VERA CRUZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
NEW PORT OF SALINA CRUZ, ON THE PACIFIC: THE GREAT
DRY DOCK . . . 346 (See also page 306.)
The Author is indebted for some of the photographs reproduced in this
book to The Mexican Financial Agency, Senor Camacho; The Mexican

Information Bureau, Senor Barriga; The Mexican Vera Cruz Railway
Company, Ltd.; Messrs. S. Pearson and Sons, Ltd.; The London Bank
of Mexico and South America, Ltd.; Arthur H. Enock, Esq.; "Modern
Mexico"; "Mexico at Chicago," Senor Manuel Caballero; Holmes:
Ancient Cities of Mexico; and others.

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HISTORY
The history of Mexico at the time of the Conquest rests upon an
accurate basis; the five letters of Cortes to