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Rh of cypress and pine trees add elsewhere the charm of repose. Warm, light-coloured fields of corn and pasturage contrast vividly with extensive precipices and volcanic ridges; and chilé enclosures and bean-fields most effectively relieve the dark aspect of maguey plantations. And to crown the whole, after many dangers and narrow escapes upon the way, the magnificent city of Mexico is discovered, outspreading, like an ornate, mathematical problem, far below.