Report of the Naval committee to the House of representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London; . cs. The quaint town of San Andres Chalchicomula con-tains some four thousand inhabitants, mostly natives. It issituated at the base of a small plateau, to the southwest ofthe Peak of Orizaba; the streets are hilly and narrow, withwide roads and narrow sidewalks. The principal buildingof interest is the Church, situated about the center of thetown. It is built upon a broad terrace, an
Report of the Naval committee to the House of representatives, August, 1850, in favor of the establishment of a line of mail steamships to the western coast of Africa, and thence via the Mediterranean to London; . cs. The quaint town of San Andres Chalchicomula con-tains some four thousand inhabitants, mostly natives. It issituated at the base of a small plateau, to the southwest ofthe Peak of Orizaba; the streets are hilly and narrow, withwide roads and narrow sidewalks. The principal buildingof interest is the Church, situated about the center of thetown. It is built upon a broad terrace, and is quite an im-posing structure. Back of the town the hills rise gradually,finally culminating in the Peak of Orizaba, probably thehighest mountain in North America. Here I may say that Mexico has three well-definedclimates; hot in the tierra caliente, or hot lands of the coast;temperate in the ticrra templada, or region lying at an ele-vation of between three and six thousand feet above thelevel of the saa; cold in the ticrra fria, or regions lying atan elevation of more than six thousand feet above the levelof the sea. The mean temperatures are as follows:Tierra caliente 80°. templada 70°. fria 60°.. MEXICAN CBOSSBILL. CHAPTER VII. We found both the fauna and flora of San Andres todiffer greatly from that of Orizaba, four thousand feet v/ere pine and spruce scattered about, and other treesof the temperate climate. The birds were quite perceptablydifferent; here jays, resembling our Florida Blue Jay,Chewinks, Purple Finches, sparrows,Golden-winged Woodpeckers, Cross-bills, and snow-birds, were seen. Weseemed to have stepped from thetropics into the temperate Broad-tailed Humming-bird wastolerably common. Every day, in thecooler hours of the morning or even-ing, they were seen whirling about the bushes. Theirhabits are unlike those of all other birds. They dart toand fro so swiftly that the eye can scarcely follow them, andwhen they stop before a flo\
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