Page:Appleton's Guide to Mexico.djvu/229

Rh by wagon or horseback. As no hotel accommodations are to be had, the tourist is advised to carry blankets and provisions for three days. The cave has not yet been fully explored.

A trip to Tasco (fifty-four miles distant) may also be made from Cuernavaca. The town contains silver-mines that were worked before the Conquest. It has also a beautiful parish church. The altitude of Tasco is 5,852 feet, according to Humboldt.

This excursion may include the great volcano of Popocatepetl. (The entire route is described in Section VIII)