On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . citizenship like El Padre, and some otherswhom I have met. 187 XVII Cuernavaca—The County Seat of Monte-zuma, of Cortez and Spanish Viceroys,of Maximilian—A Pleasant Water-ing Place of Modern Mexico Hotel Iturbide, Mexico City, December 17th, This IS my last night in Mexico City. I shallleave here to-morrow, Wednesday, at P. M.,by the Mexican Railway for Vera Cruz. I willreach there in time for breakfast, board the WardLines steamer, Monterey, and sail about noon forHavana, via Progresso, Yucatan. I delayed my departure until the
On the Mexican highlands, with a passing glimpse of Cuba . citizenship like El Padre, and some otherswhom I have met. 187 XVII Cuernavaca—The County Seat of Monte-zuma, of Cortez and Spanish Viceroys,of Maximilian—A Pleasant Water-ing Place of Modern Mexico Hotel Iturbide, Mexico City, December 17th, This IS my last night in Mexico City. I shallleave here to-morrow, Wednesday, at P. M.,by the Mexican Railway for Vera Cruz. I willreach there in time for breakfast, board the WardLines steamer, Monterey, and sail about noon forHavana, via Progresso, Yucatan. I delayed my departure until the evening, inorder that I might visit Cuernavaca and have aglimpse of that famous watering place and the richvalley wherein it lies—^where Montezuma and hisnobles held luxurious court, where Cortez made hiswinter residence, and Maximilian erected a lovelyvilla for his Empress Carlotta; and which is, to-day,the favorite resort of fashionable Mexico. Mypasses would have taken me a hundred and fiftymiles further along the river Balsas—two hundred 188. SUSPICIOUS OF MY CAMERA Cuernavaca miles above where I saw it at Churumuco—^butlimited time prevented my going so far, and I con-tented myself with the lesser journey. I took the train this morning for Cuernavaca,at the large station of the Mexican Central Rail-way. I sat in a drawing-room car, as new and com-fortable as though just leaving Chicago or NewYork. Quite a party of the ladies of the AmericanColony went down with me; along with them wereseveral gentlemen, who seemed to belong to thediplomatic corps, and among these was the SwedishConsul, with whom I made conversation in Ger-man and French. The railway leaves the city on the east side,curves to the north, and circles around the north-ern suburbs, until it begins to climb toward thesouthwest. As we rise—a four per cent, grade—the fer-tile and beautiful valley of Anahuac, in which Mex-ico City is situated^ spreads out before me. Thebig white city, its red and blac
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