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692, after carrying their loads the whole way, without a single day's relief.

I have endeavoured to comprehend in the preceding pages all the statistical details of any importance in those parts of the Federation which I visited during my mining tours, (La Pūēblă, Qŭerētărŏ, Guănăjūātŏ, Săn Luis Pŏtŏsī, Zăcătēcăs, Dŭrāngŏ, Guădălajāră, and Văllădŏlīd,) with such additions respecting the more Northern Provinces as I have conceived to be most worthy of attention, and best entitled to credit.

A few particulars respecting the States of Mexico, and Veracruz, Ŏăxācă, Tābāscŏ, and Yŭcătān, with some final observations upon the general prospects of the country, will comprise all that my present materials will enable me to subjoin, or indeed that the dimensions of my book will admit of.

The State of Mexico, with a population of nearly one million of inhabitants, is divided into eight districts, Ăcăpūlcŏ, Cūĕrnăvācă, Hŭĕjūtlă, Mexico, Tasco, Tŏlūcă, Tūlă, and Tūlăncĭngŏ.) These embrace a large proportion of valuable mines, as well as a number of districts celebrated for the richness of their agricultural produce. Real del Mōnte, Chīco, Căpūlă, Zĭmăpān, San José del Oro, El Cărdŏnāl, La Pĕchūgă, the Rancho del Oro, Tāscŏ, Tĕpāntĭtlān, Zacualpan, and Tĕtēlă del Rīo, are all in