. Where to spend the winter months. A birdseye view of a trip to Mexico, via Havana . 20 bythe Spnniards, in whose power it remained until several years after the of Mexico. It stands upon the spot where Hernando Cortezlanded (2]st j^pril, 1519); the iort is used as a state prison. Kow a number of boats surround our maiitime conveyance and invite usto accept their services to land us individually witli our baggage upon themole, a wharf, of which one alone exists for all puri)oses in the port of VeraCruz; this wharf cousi^^ts of a stone pier substantially built in the ancient styl
. Where to spend the winter months. A birdseye view of a trip to Mexico, via Havana . 20 bythe Spnniards, in whose power it remained until several years after the of Mexico. It stands upon the spot where Hernando Cortezlanded (2]st j^pril, 1519); the iort is used as a state prison. Kow a number of boats surround our maiitime conveyance and invite usto accept their services to land us individually witli our baggage upon themole, a wharf, of which one alone exists for all puri)oses in the port of VeraCruz; this wharf cousi^^ts of a stone pier substantially built in the ancient styleof architecture; over this, in rough weather, tlic capricious waves dash adlibitum, in a manner which makes the landing of boats almost equivalent totheir wrecking. The houses of Vera Cruz are constructed to meet any emergency and asexperience is a wise instructor, nothing has been emitted to secure them againstclimatic contingencies to which they arc £cmttimcs subjected. Vera Cruz-. INDIAN GOING TO MARKET, The Toetal to Mexican Commerce, Consists of about 60 acres. It isencompassed by a triangular wall20 feet high. The population ofthe city of The True Cioss is 15,-000, of which over 2000 are The Indian populationpredominates in numbers, theSpanish in wealth and influence,though the Mexican is a mixtureof both ; the streets of Vera Cruzare narrow. Immense flocks of buzzards the Board of Health anddo the street cleaning better thanour health departments in the Uni-ted States ; tiiese birds arc highlyesteemed by the people, more es-pecially because of the small costthey are to the public funds. Five dollars is the fine imposedon any one who shoots a buzzard;as this bird is not prized by epicures,no one has the desire to hurt them. 21 Vera Criiz was founded by the Viceroy, Count Monterey, at the end ofthe sixteenth century. It enjoyed the exclusive privile^ye of receiving im-portations on Mexican soil until the Declaration of Independence. T
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