The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita291recl Year: 1891 38 MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. these disappears near Jalpau in profound caverns about 2 miles long, which like the arch at Nuevo-Leon also bears the name of Puente de Dios. In these subterranean galleries human bodies have been found covered with stalactites. Another of these tributaries forms the famous Falls of Regla, where the water rushes over a breach opened in a cluster of basalt columns. On both sides the Fig. 18.—CoATZACOALCos Bab. Scale 1 : 94°25* West oF Greenwich 94° 25' Otol6 Feet. Depths. 16
The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita291recl Year: 1891 38 MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES. these disappears near Jalpau in profound caverns about 2 miles long, which like the arch at Nuevo-Leon also bears the name of Puente de Dios. In these subterranean galleries human bodies have been found covered with stalactites. Another of these tributaries forms the famous Falls of Regla, where the water rushes over a breach opened in a cluster of basalt columns. On both sides the Fig. 18.—CoATZACOALCos Bab. Scale 1 : 94°25* West oF Greenwich 94° 25' Otol6 Feet. Depths. 16 to 32 Feet. 32 Feet and upwards. 2,200 Yards. columns are festooned with wreaths of lianas, while the white waters are broken into cascades, between which rise the hexagonal groups of bluish rock. The united Panuco and Tamesi have together almost completely drained the chains of lagoons formerly fringing this part of the coast ; but south of the Tampico river a small inland sea, the Laguna de Tamiahua, still exists, being protected by a narrow cordon of sands from the surf. This rampart does not take the slightly concave form presented by most of the other sandy strips gradually
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