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Rh about fifteen minutes' walk from the plaza. It is best to go to the Alameda in the afternoon, Just as the sun sinks behind the lofty Sierra Madre. The plain with its wavy surface appears like an inland sea, while the scattered hillocks resemble islets.

The road now enters Ario. The population amounts to 3,000, and the altitude is 6,358 feet, according to Humboldt,

or 866 feet lower than Pátzcuaro, which is 31 miles distant. There are no hotels, but the town can boast of four mesones, that furnish accommodation for travelers and cattle or sheep.

The Meson de Ocampo is the best, although to assure a good night's rest the tourist should sprinkle flea-powder