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16 The great Hercules Mills near Queretaro are among the finest cotton world and second to these only are the mills on the line Railway near Puebla, and at Nogales near Orizaba.

Smelters and reduction works for getting out silver are located in all the great mining towns. Sugar mills are in the cane country, but as yet the refineries are very few. Crockery and pottery are made at Puebla, Guadalajara, and very many smaller towns and villages. The onyx of Puebla is famous for its delicate beauty. It is manufactured into very handsome ornaments and used extensively in the manufacture of tops for stands and tables, altars, fonts, etc., for shrines and churches. All of Mexico's manufactures are infant industries, but growing very rapidly.

CURVED BRIDGE ON THE MEXICAN NATIONAL RY.

TRANSPORTATION.

Mexican Railway was the first completed line in Mexico. It extends from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, 263 miles,-passing through a very rich region, both in the tropics and the table-lands. Córdoba and Orizaba are the principal cities in the tierra caliente. The line is famous the world over for the beauty of its scenery, and that between Maltrata and Esperanza is beautiful beyond all description. From Esperanza the line runs through a succession of fertile plains; the most noted are the famous pulque Plains of Apam. A tramway extends from Esperanza to Tehuacan. A branch from Apizaco to Puebla and from Omctusco to Pachuca, Connections are made