. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 138 MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. Horse Chestnut" is now divided into three distinct stems, throug-li which a road has been driven ; the dragon-tree of Orotava, which had a girth of 46 feet, has disappeared ; the gigantic sequoias of California were felled in 1855 ; the Mon- travail oak near Saintes is 86 feet round, and the largest baobabs and otîier African giants are described by Cadamosto, Adanson, and others as from 96 to 112 feet in circumference. But in 1882 the Tule cypress had a girth of no less tban 118 feet three or four fe
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 138 MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. Horse Chestnut" is now divided into three distinct stems, throug-li which a road has been driven ; the dragon-tree of Orotava, which had a girth of 46 feet, has disappeared ; the gigantic sequoias of California were felled in 1855 ; the Mon- travail oak near Saintes is 86 feet round, and the largest baobabs and otîier African giants are described by Cadamosto, Adanson, and others as from 96 to 112 feet in circumference. But in 1882 the Tule cypress had a girth of no less tban 118 feet three or four feet from the ground, and 150 feet including all the prominences and cavities of the trunk. The route from Oaxaca to the sea, leaving on the right the valley of the Fig. 57.—-Chief Ruins of Central Mexico. Pmle I : , 124 Miles. Atoyac, which winds away westwards to the frontiers of Guerrero, runs at an altitude of 7,460 feet over the crest of the Cinialtepec coast range. Near the summit stands the industrial village of Miahuatlan, whose inhabitants are skilful straw- plaiters, which they work into a thousand fancy articles exported far and wide. The cocliineal industry was formerly the chief resource of the district, but the southern slopes are now covered with coffee plantations which yield excellent results. Hence the cultivation of the shrub has been rapidly developed even to a distance of 40 or 50 miles inland. The high prices obtained by the growers have enabled them to introduce costly m;ichinery for drying and sorting the berry. Thanks to this growing industry Puerto Angel, the badly sheltered outlet. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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