. Where to spend the winter months. A birdseye view of a trip to Mexico, via Havana . -er stand the magniflcient mountains, of which Mexico is famed, unequalled inheighth or grandeur by the highest alps. Twenty-five miles to the southweststands the mighty volcanic peak of Popocatepetl or tlie smoking mountainthe fires that so long throbbed within its breast slumbering after thousandsof centuries of activity; its head is now covered with snow. There is an en-ormous amount of sulphur taken out of the extinct crater, and the carryino-down of this and the frozen snow on the sides of the mountain e
. Where to spend the winter months. A birdseye view of a trip to Mexico, via Havana . -er stand the magniflcient mountains, of which Mexico is famed, unequalled inheighth or grandeur by the highest alps. Twenty-five miles to the southweststands the mighty volcanic peak of Popocatepetl or tlie smoking mountainthe fires that so long throbbed within its breast slumbering after thousandsof centuries of activity; its head is now covered with snow. There is an en-ormous amount of sulphur taken out of the extinct crater, and the carryino-down of this and the frozen snow on the sides of the mountain employs hund-reds of Indians. Popocatepetl is the very beau ideal of a volcano, and weadvise all who visit Puebla not to forget to pay it a visit. The best way ofreaching it is by taking any of the public coaches, and if possible, supply your-self with a guide; there are plenty who are reliable, and for a trifling sum willaccompany you. Another of the sights around Puebla not less interesting then Popoca-tepetl is the great pyramid of Cholula, it is indeed a wonderful remnant of an. METLAC muuGE ON THE MEXIC(J .V; VEKA CRUZ E R 49 extinct civilization; it lies al)out seven miles to the east of Puebla, and isreached in about an hour and a half ride in a public coach; road to Cho-lula is so bad that it requires four horses to drag the coach along. WhenCortez invaded Mexico he found Cholula, the great city of temples, whither allMexico was wont to repair, so much so that he said it reminded him of a European town, there were so many beggars in the streets. A sure test, accord-ingto him, of civilization, it is Silid that at the time of the conquest there were150,000 inhabitants—now it is only one long strappling street with a smallplaza nicely laid out with flowers of which the Indians and mestizos are veryfond. The pyramid or teocalli (house of God) of Cholula is supposed to be thelargest in the world. Its length is 1423 feet, its perpendicular height \11 feetand its base, w
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