Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . ts excellent railway system, five different linesof which traverse it. These are the Mexican Central,the International, the Northern, the National, and otherlesser systems. In addition there are some fair roads,upon which the traveller may journey by diligencia or onhorseback. The capital, Saltillo, with a population ofabout 25,000, is a pretty and interesting old Spanishtown, and a valuable commercial centre. Manufacturingindustries have increa
Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . ts excellent railway system, five different linesof which traverse it. These are the Mexican Central,the International, the Northern, the National, and otherlesser systems. In addition there are some fair roads,upon which the traveller may journey by diligencia or onhorseback. The capital, Saltillo, with a population ofabout 25,000, is a pretty and interesting old Spanishtown, and a valuable commercial centre. Manufacturingindustries have increased rapidly of late years in thisstate, especially those producing textile fabrics from thenative cotton. Metal and coal mining are both develop-ing in this region ; and new towns, of which Torreon isan example, are springing up. The state contains oneof the principal points of entry to the Republic fromthe United States—Eagle Pass, or Ciudad Porfirio Diaz,on the International Railway, whilst Laredo, on theNational, is near its border. Nuevo Leon, which also borders upon the Rio Grandeand Texas, is much smaller than its neighbouring states—. UH o :^ NATURAL RESOURCES 311 23,750 square miles in area—but has a larger populationof some 350,000 inhabitants. The state is traversed bythe Eastern Sierra Madre, the highest summits of whichare snow-covered. The region consists topographicallyof small plains and well-watered, fertile valleys. Itsorography gives rise to the presence of numerousrivers and streams, all of which are upon the Atlanticwatershed. These productive valleys, copious streams,and the picturesque scenery of the varied landscape,afford striking contrast with the appalling deserts whichthe neighbouring States of Coahuila and Chihuahuacontain, and which are characteristic of the great plateauof Anahuac in the north. Cold and bracing in themountains, the climate is temperate upon the high plains,and very hot in the low valleys; whilst the rainfall isvariable
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