Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . ith modern machinery. The historicaland archaeological associations and remains of the stateare of much interest. Cuernavaca, the picturesquecapital, which is the centre of these, is much of afavourite health resort since it became connected byrailway with the City of Mexico. The Franciscanchurch carries us back to 1539, and the palace ofCortes and the gardens of Maximilian bring intorecollection episodes of the history of this romanticregion of
Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development; . ith modern machinery. The historicaland archaeological associations and remains of the stateare of much interest. Cuernavaca, the picturesquecapital, which is the centre of these, is much of afavourite health resort since it became connected byrailway with the City of Mexico. The Franciscanchurch carries us back to 1539, and the palace ofCortes and the gardens of Maximilian bring intorecollection episodes of the history of this romanticregion of the Pacific slope. The climate invites todalliance, and the varied landscape—canyon, forest, andstream—open out in their pleasurable variety as we makeour way westward. The small, quaint, Spanish-builttowns with their Indian names, such as Tetecala,iTequezquitengo, and others, seem to carry us back tothe Middle Ages. This latter village was inundated andlost from the waters employed in the irrigation of thevalleys. The various streams which cross the state havetheir outlet to the great Balsas river, which drains the* Visited by the NATURAL RESOURCES 319 eastern slope of the Sierra Madre, falling thence intothe Pacific Ocean. The Mexican Central and the Inter-oceanic Railways connect the chief towns of Moreloswith the City of Mexico, traversing the interesting andrugged routes of this region. Puebla is one of the most important of the Mexicanstates—both in natural resources and in its generalflourishing condition. It occupies the region south ofthe great tableland, extending beyond this, however,both to the Atlantic and Pacific watersheds, its centralpart forming the divortia aquarimi of the continent inthis portion, its rivers on the west running to the PacificOcean and those on the east to the Gulf of Mexico throughthe State of Vera Cruz. In the northern part of thisregion the mountains form a scattered group, unlike theCordilleras of the Sierra Madre of other
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