Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . IN TIERRA CALIENTE. A BAyQUEI\ A TRAGEUy, ETC. 187 ment of Rurales reined up at the station. At Aineca-meea tliere were as many as iifty of the latter, with drawnswords, all on white horses, which the firing made plungewith great spirit. At Ozumba was a battalion of mountedriflemen, under command of a handsome young officer inan eye-glass, who might have come fresh from the mili-tary school of Saint Cyr. The Indian populations, whocould never have seen the locomotive before, maintain
Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . IN TIERRA CALIENTE. A BAyQUEI\ A TRAGEUy, ETC. 187 ment of Rurales reined up at the station. At Aineca-meea tliere were as many as iifty of the latter, with drawnswords, all on white horses, which the firing made plungewith great spirit. At Ozumba was a battalion of mountedriflemen, under command of a handsome young officer inan eye-glass, who might have come fresh from the mili-tary school of Saint Cyr. The Indian populations, whocould never have seen the locomotive before, maintainednevertheless, as their way is, a certain stoicism. Therewere no wild manifestations of surprise, no shouts; theyeven fired off their crackers with a serious air. The line is a congeries of curves without end, to over-conie the three-quarters of a mile grade perpendicularfrom Amecameca to Cnautla. Cuautla has seven thou-sand people. For the ten years, up to this time, therehad not been even diligence communication with it, andthe railway was an event indeed. The enterprise was car-ried through chiefl
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