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 360 MEXICO. Fourth Section. Some general Observations upon Mexico as a Mining Country, with an enquiry as to the probability of her being enabled, by her mineral treasures, to multiply her commercial relations with Great Britain, and to. acquit the interest, of whatever loans she may have contracted there. The answers to these Queries, in conjunction with the sta- tistical details contained in the Vth and VI th Books of this work, which will consist, principally, of an account of my journey to the mining districts of the Interior, will convey nearly all that I have to communicate upon a subject, the importance of which, both to Mexico and to England, rose in my estimation with every step that I took in my investi- gations respecting it. Nor do I despair of conveying a simi- lar impression to my readers, provided they will divest them- selves of those hastily conceived opinions, by which judgment is so often warped, and under the influence of which it is as useless to affect to search for truth, as it is impossible to at- tain it.