. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . , leopards and wild boars, but you never see themunless you have dogs to drive them from their haunts, So if achronicle of every day was furnished, one would be pretty muchthe same as the other but each was brimful of hearty enjoyment,without an unpleasant incident to mar the whole. Hunting, fish-ing, good fellowship and the brisk air of the mountains are enoughto make any rational man take a cheerful view of existence andwhen I said I felt a boy again all over
. A glimpse of old Mexico; being the observations and reflections of a tenderfoot editor while on a journey in the land of Montezuma . , leopards and wild boars, but you never see themunless you have dogs to drive them from their haunts, So if achronicle of every day was furnished, one would be pretty muchthe same as the other but each was brimful of hearty enjoyment,without an unpleasant incident to mar the whole. Hunting, fish-ing, good fellowship and the brisk air of the mountains are enoughto make any rational man take a cheerful view of existence andwhen I said I felt a boy again all over, I did not stretch mattersa bit. We took about sixty views of camp life, mountain scenery andof the Chileros and their abodes. Sad to relate, all but five or sixproved failures. The intense light and odd atmospheric con-ditions are apt to play the mischief with amateur photography inMexico as I have found more than once to my sorrow. In thisinstance, I regret the loss particulary for our work related to aregion upon which no camera had been directed before. California Mine, State of Durango, Mexico, April i8, 1901. TENTH LETTER. N outline is all I have been able togive in preceding letters of thegreat mining industry of Mexico,of its impressive past, prosperouspresent and the limitless possibil-ities ahead when capital and enter-prise unite in developing its miner-al wealth. But not alone in thatdirection is the future bright withpromise. Mexico is enormously rich in agricultural resources, which for the most part are still inthe latent state. In certain sections, some attempt has been madeto cultivate the soil according to modern methods, but as far asmy observation has extended, husbandry is still in a most primitivecondition. Improved agricultural machinery is practically un-known. The earth is still broken with a wooden plow, the cropsharvested with a machete, the corn shelled by hand and the chaffseparated by the breezes. In one particular only do the rancherosdisplay any
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