CHAPTER III.--Oajaca--Extent, Boundaries, Geology, Valley, Indians, Departments, Population, Mines, Ports, Productions, Cattle, Towns, Ancient remains--Mitla--The palace--Tombs--Antiquarian speculations--connection of Mexican remains--Quiotepec, or Cerro de las Juntas, 210 CHAPTER IV.--Puebla--Divisions, productions, factories--River--Streams--Puebla de los Angeles--Cathedral--Towns--Mines--Quarries--Mountains--Popocatepetl --Atlixco--Olivares--Ascent of the mountain--The crater--Elevation--Pyramid of Cholula--Visit to the pyramid--Correct dimensions--Territory of Tlascala--History--Position--Size--Productions--Towns, 220 CHAPTER V.--State of Mexico--Area, Divisions, Population, Federal district, Valley, Highways, Lakes--Zumpango--Cristovol--Chalco--Xochimilco--Tezcoco--Salt-works --Cities--San Augustin--Festival--Tezcoco, Tacuba, Toluca--Cascade of Regla--Towns--Valley of Cuernavaca--Acapantzingo--Its Indian isolation--Mines in the state, 233 CHAPTER VI.--Description of the city of Mexico--Cathedral--Its architecture and riches--The Palace, University, Market, Chamber of Deputies, etc.--Portales--Mineria--La Merced--San Domingo--Characters and costumes--Paseos--Alameda--Aqueducts--Passeo Nuevo and de la Viga--Alameda--Description of it--Life in Mexico--Theatres--Opera--Domestic life--Genuine but cautious hospitality--Legend of the virgin of Guadalupe, 244 CHAPTER VII.--Antiquities in the museum--Statue of Charles IV.--Condition of the museum--Feathered serpents--Viceroy's portraits--Cortéz--Portrait--Armor--Pedro de Alvarado--Images--Vases--Tezcoco--Palace--Trough--Massive mounds--Tescocingo--Hill--Its ancient adornments--Ancient bellevue and reservoir--Tezcocan splendor--Bosque del Contador--Ponds--Lakes--Arbors--Pyramids of Teotihuacan--Houses of sun and moon--Path of the dead--Carved pillar--Pillar at Otumba--Pyramid of Xochicalco--Hill of Xochicalco--Its structures, 266 CHAPTER VIII.--State of Mechoacan--Boundaries--Elevations--Volcano of Jorullo--Theories of Humboldt and Lyell--Present condition--Rivers of Mechoacan--Climate, Health, Indians, Departments, Agriculture, Towns, Mines--Jalisco--Boundaries, Population, Rivers, Lakes, Divisions, Manufactures, Agriculture, Factories--Guadalajara--Towns--San Juan de los Lagos--Tepic--San Blas--Mines, Islands, Mining region, Indians, Character and Habits, Church and School, Education, Bishopric--Territory of Colima--Extent, Climate, Productions, Towns, 286