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Rh The climate of San Blas is hot and very unhealthy. There are dense forests of tropical fruit-trees and plants in the vicinity.

The diligence is run every day from Lagos northward. The road leads over a fertile plain, where the cereals are raised. Soon the country becomes rolling, and cultivation decreases in going toward Aguascalientes. There is a very sparse population in this region. Passing several hamlets, the diligence enters the city of Aguascalientes, 58 miles from Lagos. (See p. 270.)

Leaving Aguascalientes, the stage-road traverses a flat country that is barren for the most part. Some Indian