. Folks next door; the log book of a rambler. )aekag(s, shoes, sandals and caps,from t!ie fibers; soap from the thick roots; C-vcellent. FOOD AND DKINK. 181 needles from the thorns; ck)thes-brushes and razor honesfrom the leaf ribs; house-thatches from the leaves; ropesfrom the bark; agua miel, pulque, mescal, and tequillafrom the sap; and its young sprouts are roasted in theashes and eaten with avidit\ as we eat roasted yams. Thisextraordinary plant also contril)utes other luxuries to thetable of the peons; it shelters a handsome white rat andbears a nice In-own worm which are often caught an
. Folks next door; the log book of a rambler. )aekag(s, shoes, sandals and caps,from t!ie fibers; soap from the thick roots; C-vcellent. FOOD AND DKINK. 181 needles from the thorns; ck)thes-brushes and razor honesfrom the leaf ribs; house-thatches from the leaves; ropesfrom the bark; agua miel, pulque, mescal, and tequillafrom the sap; and its young sprouts are roasted in theashes and eaten with avidit\ as we eat roasted yams. Thisextraordinary plant also contril)utes other luxuries to thetable of the peons; it shelters a handsome white rat andbears a nice In-own worm which are often caught andserved up as delicacies. FOLKS xNKXT DOUK. THE FLOATIXLJ (lAlJDEXS. ITIE ZOCnmiLCO canal.—IX TIIK suburbs.—THE GAR-DENS HAVE IMOSTIA C0:ME TO AXCllOR.—AFLOAT ON ABARGE.—FLOWERS GALORE. LIKEWISE ODORS.—AN IN-HERITANCE FROM THE AZTECS. Of old T road, in Pre?;eott and otliCTwhores, liow, when((Utiv came, the city of Mexico was an island in LakeTtxcoco, and how all the vegetahles and flowers requiredby the inhabitants wire grown ii])nn artificial floatinggardens * along the shore—large flat baskets, filled withrich
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