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Rh name, has a population of 32,000 souls, which is equal to half the number of inhabitants of the entire State. There are some French, German, and English settlers. The volcano of Colima, 11,140 feet high, lies near the city. It is snow-clad in winter, but the summer sun melts the white covering. This peak is conspicuously seen far out to sea, being only 25 miles from the coast. A wagon-road goes from Colima to Manzanillo, about 70 miles distant. The latter

town is the terminus of the western branch of the Mexican National Railway. The distance from the national capital is 615 miles. The Pacific Mail steamers touch at Manzanillo once a month. Manzanillo is 1,685 miles from San Francisco, Cal., and 1,742 miles from Panama.

It may be remarked that the Hon. William H. Seward landed at Manzanillo in 1869, and traveled into the interior via Colima and Guadalajara. He received a most enthusiastic reception.