On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . rength, enabling them to bear these great loadswith apparent ease; the Indian, with his jog-trotgait, carrying a hundred pounds upon his back adistance of fifty miles a day. A large part ofthe fruit, vegetables and tropical products dis-played each day in the markets of the city arethus brought up from distant lowland plantationsupon the backs of men. As we approached thecity, nearer and nearer, the highways we ran besideor cut across were filled more and more with thesepack trains and cargadores, and with men andwomen faring cityward.
On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . rength, enabling them to bear these great loadswith apparent ease; the Indian, with his jog-trotgait, carrying a hundred pounds upon his back adistance of fifty miles a day. A large part ofthe fruit, vegetables and tropical products dis-played each day in the markets of the city arethus brought up from distant lowland plantationsupon the backs of men. As we approached thecity, nearer and nearer, the highways we ran besideor cut across were filled more and more with thesepack trains and cargadores, and with men andwomen faring cityward. We finally drew into a large newly-built sta-tion of white sandstone. Pandemonium reignedupon the platform alongside which we were embracing each other, slapping eachothers backs and kissing either cheek. Womenflew into each others arms and children kissedtheir elders hands. We passed along throughwide gateways and into a paved semicircular court-yard, where were drawn up carriages with bandsof yellow or red or blue across the door. Those S4. On to Mexico City with yellow bands are cheap and dirty, thosewith blue bands mean a double fare and thosewith red bands are clean and make a reasonablecharge, all of which is regulated by the Federalgovernment. I entered one of the red-bandedvehicles. The driver called two cargadores, whoseized my steamer trunks, loaded them on theirbacks and ran along beside us. The horses startedon a half gallop and when we reached the hotel,the cargadores, with the trunks upon their backswere there as well, less out of breath than thepanting team, and each was gratified with a Mex-ican quarter for his pay (equal to an Americandime), while my cockero swore in profuse Spanishbecause I did not pay him five times his legal was come to the one-time palace of the Em-peror Iturbide, and was welcomed by the Amer-ican speaking Jdministrador, in softly accentedLouisianian speech. 55 First Impressions of Mexico City Hotel Iturbide, November 20
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