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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NAME, POPULATION, AND PECULIARITIES OF ZACATECAS.--THE PILGRIMAGE CHAPEL.--A WEALTHY CATHEDRAL.--STREET SCENES.--MINES OF ZACATECAS.--A DANGEROUS DESCENT.--THE PATIO PROCESS OF REDUCING ORES.--TREADING ORE WITH MULES AND HORSES.--A SORRY SIGHT.--THE MINERS; HOW THEY LIVE AND WORK.--STATISTICS OF SILVER-MINING IN MEXICO.--ASTOUNDING CALCULATIONS.--FROM ZACATECAS TO AGUAS CALIENTES.--FARM SCENES.--FARMING IN MEXICO.--CONDITION OF LABORERS.--MEN AS BEASTS OF BURDEN.--AGUAS CALIENTES.--A BEAUTIFUL CITY.--A PICTURESQUE POPULATION.--WOMEN OF MEXICO. 85