Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . ndas if not quite certain of approval. Young orange andlemon trees in the door-yard were mufifted in straw till theyshould have gained a greater hardihood to withstand thefrosts. Elsewhere water was being run out from irrigat-ing ditches over fields in preparation for the first is the custom to soak them, in order that they may beperfectly levelled. Knolls or any other inequalities mustnot be left to hinder the equal distribution of water to thecrop. A wide canal stretched back fr
Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba . ndas if not quite certain of approval. Young orange andlemon trees in the door-yard were mufifted in straw till theyshould have gained a greater hardihood to withstand thefrosts. Elsewhere water was being run out from irrigat-ing ditches over fields in preparation for the first is the custom to soak them, in order that they may beperfectly levelled. Knolls or any other inequalities mustnot be left to hinder the equal distribution of water to thecrop. A wide canal stretched back from the numerousout-buildings toward the horizon. On the verge of thewide plain showed the blue Sierras, veiled by a slightchronic dustiness of the atmosphere. In the more established portions of the colonies somecharming bits of landscape are found. The Chinese farm-hand wears a blue blouse and a wide basket-hat which hecalls mow. He pronounces this hat heap good if com-plimented upon it. He prunes the vines or collects thegenerous clusters of grapes; or else he digs a vegetable A WONDROUS VALLEY. 393. 394 OLD MEXICO AND HER LOST PROVINCES. garden by the side of a canal, in which himself, his vege-tables, his cabin, a row of poplar-trees, and the blue skyoverhead are all reflected together. Poplars, willows, andcottonwoods are planted along the canals to strengthentheir banks. At Eisens w^ine-raaking place, for a consid-erable distance, oleanders in flower are seen spaced be-tween the trees. The water runs clear and swift. AtEisens it turns a mill. !No doubt devices for bathing init might also be contrived if desired. The long, symmetrical lines of trees have a foreign, orat least un-American, air. It is not difiicult to recall tomind the mulberries and elms that bend over the irrigat-ing canals of Northern Italy and drop their yellow leavesupon them in autumn like these. It might be Lombardyagain, and the glimpses of distant blue the Alps insteadof the Sierras. The locks and g
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