. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 184 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA. WEST INDIES. skill, in wbicli lightness and strength are happily combined. But the section between Maltrata and Boca del Monte, giving direct access to the edge of the Anahuac plateau, is so precipitous that it never fails to excite the apprehension of travellers, both ascending and descending this tremendous incline, which has a total rise of no less than 4,000 feet in a distance of sixteen miles in a bee line. At the hio-hest pass near the Malinche volcano the Hue stands at an altitude of 8,420 feet above sea-level,
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 184 MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA. WEST INDIES. skill, in wbicli lightness and strength are happily combined. But the section between Maltrata and Boca del Monte, giving direct access to the edge of the Anahuac plateau, is so precipitous that it never fails to excite the apprehension of travellers, both ascending and descending this tremendous incline, which has a total rise of no less than 4,000 feet in a distance of sixteen miles in a bee line. At the hio-hest pass near the Malinche volcano the Hue stands at an altitude of 8,420 feet above sea-level, and to avoid a still more elevated pass over the snowy range, it is deflected northwards, thus obliquely traversing the Mexican valley in its entire rig. 79.—The Boca del Monte Ascent. Scale 1 : 90,000. 18° #. hi. -W ' i ^ i»^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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