. Young folks' history of Mexico. 67 Philip of Spain 37? Cattiedral of Guadalajara 377 Mission at Monterey 383 Mines 387 At the Fountain ... 394 Termination of Aqueduct 398 Virgin of Guadalupe 397 Fa§ade of Casa de las Monjas 407 A Hacienda 415 Scene in Texas 423 Portrait of Zachary Taylor 432 Battle of Monterey 435 Table-land of Mexico 440 List of Illustrations. ix PAGE Portrait of General Scott 442 Map showing Seat of War 445 Map of Mexican Valley 447 Gate of St. Antonio 451 .Volcanoes, from Tacubaya 457. Chapultepec . 460 Mexico at Peace 461 Sagrario, or Parish Church of Mexico . . . , . 47
. Young folks' history of Mexico. 67 Philip of Spain 37? Cattiedral of Guadalajara 377 Mission at Monterey 383 Mines 387 At the Fountain ... 394 Termination of Aqueduct 398 Virgin of Guadalupe 397 Fa§ade of Casa de las Monjas 407 A Hacienda 415 Scene in Texas 423 Portrait of Zachary Taylor 432 Battle of Monterey 435 Table-land of Mexico 440 List of Illustrations. ix PAGE Portrait of General Scott 442 Map showing Seat of War 445 Map of Mexican Valley 447 Gate of St. Antonio 451 .Volcanoes, from Tacubaya 457. Chapultepec . 460 Mexico at Peace 461 Sagrario, or Parish Church of Mexico . . . , . 471 Mexican Priests of the Past 475 Portrait of Juarez 478 Portrait of Maximilian 492 Portrait of Carlota 493 Portrait of Romero . . 498 Queretaro 499 Execution of Maximilian . . , 502 Street Scene in Mexico 505 Portrait of Lerdo de Tejada 508 Mexican Saw-Mill 509 Scene in the Tierra Templada . 512 Portrait of Diaz 519 Market Scene, city of Mexico. 525 Canal of La Viga, city of Mexico 531 Indian Peon 534 HISTORY OF MEXICO. CHAPTER I. GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION. South of the United States, stretching away towards Cen-tral America, lies the countiy of Mexico. It has a largeextent of territory, being fifteen hundred miles in length,and quite eight hundred miles in width in its broadest has a coast line of nearly five thousand five hundredmiles, and lies between the Gulf of Mexico and the PacificOcean. Being so much farther to the south than theUnited States, its climate would naturally be much hotter,yet such is not the case all over Mexico. Though it ex-tends into the tropics more than six degrees, yet the greaterportion of its territory enjoys a temperate climate. Thisis due to the fact that it is a mountainous country. Weknow that in going up a high mountain the temperaturegets lower, or colder, the higher we ascend. So it is thatMexico, though extending far down into the torrid zone,has the cool climate of the temperate zone, except along itscoasts and in the far
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