Mexico in 1827 . f anatural column, which rises suddenly out of theground in the middle of the forest between Chicoand Real del Monte, and towers up at once to theheight of near 200 feet. The Barranca of Regla,too, with the beautiful waterfall a little above theHacienda, and the row of basaltic columns whichsupport the ledge of rock from which the streamdescends, is a magnificent subject for the pencil, andone to which no drawing that I have yet seen does 2 B 2 372 MEXICO IN 1827. justice. But I was not accompanied upon any of myfirst journeys by Mrs. Ward, and was consequentlyunable to ascert
Mexico in 1827 . f anatural column, which rises suddenly out of theground in the middle of the forest between Chicoand Real del Monte, and towers up at once to theheight of near 200 feet. The Barranca of Regla,too, with the beautiful waterfall a little above theHacienda, and the row of basaltic columns whichsupport the ledge of rock from which the streamdescends, is a magnificent subject for the pencil, andone to which no drawing that I have yet seen does 2 B 2 372 MEXICO IN 1827. justice. But I was not accompanied upon any of myfirst journeys by Mrs. Ward, and was consequentlyunable to ascertain whether her efforts would havebeen attended with more success. After our return from the Interior, it was my in-tention to have visited Real del Monte again ; butit was so late in the season liefore we quittedMexico, and the vomito was already so prevalentupon the Coast, that we did not think it prudentto allow the beauties of the scenery to tempt usinto a delay, the risk of which every day tended MEXICO IN 1827. 373 SECTION VI. VISIT TO THE MINES OF TEMASCALTEPEC, AN-GANGEO, TEALPUJAHUA, AND EL RANCHODEL ORO. On the 22nd of August I again left Mexico, andproceeded, through Lerma, Toluca, the Hacienda dela Huerta, and the village of San Miguel, to Te-mascaltepec, where I arrived on the evening ofthe 23rd. The Httle town, in the vicinity of which the minesare found, is situated in the State of Mexico, thirty-two leagues to the South-west of the Capital, on thedeclivity of the Cordillera towards the Pacific, intowhich some of the rivers, that rise in the neighbour-hood of Temascaltepec, actually flow. The minesof this district enjoyed formerly a great reputationfor the richness of their ores ; (the finest specimen inthe King of Spains collection was brought from themine of San Jose;) but, as the works increased in 374 MEXICO IN 1827. depth, the difficulty of draining them augmented somuch, that they were gradually abandoned; and,for some time before the Revolutio
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