The Boy Travellers in Mexico Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal

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DOWN THE CUMBRES.--A MONSTER LOCOMOTIVE.--MALTRATA.--EL BARRANCA DEL INFERNILLO.--IN THE TIERRA TEMPLADA.--PEAK OF ORIZABA; HOW IT WAS ASCENDED.--AN OLD AND QUAINT TOWN.-- EXCURSIONS IN THE ENVIRONS OF ORIZABA.--FALLS OF THE RINCON GRANDE.--MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES--CERRO DEL BORREGO.--THE MEXICAN ARMY ROUTED.--CORDOBA.--HOW TO RUN A COFFEE PLANTATION.--BARRANCA OF METLAC.--PASO DEL MACHO.--TIERRA CALIENTE.--DRY LANDS NEAR THE SEA-COAST.--VERA CRUZ.-- ZOPILOTES AND THEIR USES.--YELLOW FEVER; ITS SEASONS AND PECULIARITIES.--NORTHERS AND THEIR BENEFITS. 394