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(Compare with the chapter on railways.)

Of the two branches of this road, the southern or principal one will be described first.

1. Mexico to Queretaro. 2. Querétaro to Guanajuato. 3. Guanajuato to Lagos. 4. Lagos to Guadalajara and San Blas. 5. Lagos to Zacatecas.

Leaving the railroad-station at Buena Vista (elevation, 7,347 feet), the line runs northward over the broad valley of Mexico. The first station is Lecheria (21 kilometres). The track of the Mexican National Railway runs parallel with this road for several miles. The grade is slightly ascending, Lecheria being 7,386 feet above the sea-level, or 39 feet above the City of Mexico. The snow-clad peaks of Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl remain in full view. We now stop at the hamlets of Cuautitlan (27 kilometres), Teoloyucan (36 kilometres), and Huehuetoca (47 kilometres).

Both of these American railroad companies have