Mexico . RUINS AT ALVARADO Ill Pines on the mountain, palms upon the plain,Abounding wealth of coffee, corn, and cane,Cactus and yucca of quaint prickly at all points, unheeding foes or storms ;Maguey, whose serried ranks fill many a fiery mescal and smooth pulque yield ;Gay birds and insects, countless fruits and flowers,Bull-fights profaning the sweet Sabbath hours ;Ploughs made of wood, that feebly scratch the ground,Wheat threshed on dirt by oxen trampling round ;Tortillas and frijoles. He will growAcquaint with these who visits ^Hil STREET \IE\V, CORDOVA, S

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Mexico . RUINS AT ALVARADO Ill Pines on the mountain, palms upon the plain,Abounding wealth of coffee, corn, and cane,Cactus and yucca of quaint prickly at all points, unheeding foes or storms ;Maguey, whose serried ranks fill many a fiery mescal and smooth pulque yield ;Gay birds and insects, countless fruits and flowers,Bull-fights profaning the sweet Sabbath hours ;Ploughs made of wood, that feebly scratch the ground,Wheat threshed on dirt by oxen trampling round ;Tortillas and frijoles. He will growAcquaint with these who visits ^Hil STREET \IE\V, CORDOVA, SHOWING PEAK OF ORIZABA

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