. A naturalist in Mexico : being a visit to Cuba, northern Yucatan and Mexico . evations inthe town. If it lay in full view of the lake, it would haveone of the most beautiful situations possible. The town isprimitive and solid, and as yet very little affected by inter-course with the outside world. It has a large plaza,shaded by mountain ash trees, and surrounded by arcadesand colonnades, in which are the shops of the roofs of the town are tiled, and most of the houses,being of one story, have projecting cornices of wood, withsupporting beams. The town is irregular and hilly, bu
. A naturalist in Mexico : being a visit to Cuba, northern Yucatan and Mexico . evations inthe town. If it lay in full view of the lake, it would haveone of the most beautiful situations possible. The town isprimitive and solid, and as yet very little affected by inter-course with the outside world. It has a large plaza,shaded by mountain ash trees, and surrounded by arcadesand colonnades, in which are the shops of the roofs of the town are tiled, and most of the houses,being of one story, have projecting cornices of wood, withsupporting beams. The town is irregular and hilly, but allpaved very roughly. On the highest elevation is a plaza,—the third in the town,—planted with noble trees, andfronted by the grim walls of an old monastery. Every-where are signs of a former haughty ecclesiastical denomi-nation, now scattered and in contempt. In the lower plazais situated the market, where, as is common with Mexicanmarkets,—everything manufactured in the immediate neigh-borhood can be purchased. It has been prophesied that at no LAKE PATZCUARO. 119. distant day, this town will be one of the most favored tourist resorts in Mexico. The lake of Patzcuaro is noted forits beauty, even though situated in adistrict where nature has excelled her-self in the production of magnificentscenery. At this high altitude, amongthe mountains of the ancient Tarascanempire, is found this lovely sheet ofwater, some twenty miles long by ten^^^ wide, and interspersed with islands, . SCENE IN THE MAKKET. ^ ^^ > t- most of which are inhabited by a hardy race of water of the lake is very clear, and of unknown sportsman can find here many species of water fowlcommon to the North, besides many other varieties. From the top of a hill, three-quarters of a mile fromthe town, a magnificent view of the lake was hills surrounding the lake were under cultivation,dotted here and there by a little village, of which as manyas sixteen could be counte
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