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Rh Railway at Tampico. (For description of Tampico, see p. 157.)

Proceeding southward from this point, a bridge will probably be constructed across the Panuico River, and thence the railway will run in a southeasterly direction to

the port of Tuxpan, about 125 miles distant. This division of the route passes through the northern part of the State of Vera Cruz, which is noted for valuable wells of petroleum and bitumen. (Vide pp. 157, 158.) The region lying between Matamoros and Tuxpan is fertile for the most part.