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52 Ventoso, to the mines of del Monte through scenes of beautiful vegetation; the way of Toluca by Lerma and Tianguillo—a fine artificial causeway partly raised on arches; that of Queretaro; Guanajuato and Durango by Guantitlan Huehuetoca and Peurto de Reyes; through gently-rising-hills; the road from Acapulco, by the summit La Cruz del Marques; to Guchilaque and Cuernavoca; and the way of La Peubla by Rio Frio and Tesmelucos from the Cerro del Telapon, in connection with that from the Sierra Nevada to the great volcano Popocatepetl.

The old city of Tenochtitlan was divided into four quarters called Xochimilco, Atzacualco Mayotla; and Cuepopan. These divisions are still recognised in the present city of Mexico in the quarters St. Paul St. Sebastian, St. John, and St. Mary; and the streets run much in the same direction as did the ancient ones.

The new city is situated on the same site as the former, between the extremities of the lakes Tezcuco and Xochimilco. The town was of yore separated from the continent by the waters of Tezcuco, communicating with it by dikes and causeways; but those briny streams