CHAPTER IX.--Sinaloa--Boundaries, Climate, Divisions, Indians, Products, Towns, Mines--Sonora--Boundaries, Divisions, Rivers, Climate, Indians, Trade, Towns, Mines--Territory of Lower California--Boundaries, Character, Population, Products, Pearls, Salt, Mines, Seals, Whales, Climate, Ports, towns, Population--State of Guerrero, 298 CHAPTER X.--State of Querétaro--Boundaries, Divisions, Characteristics, Rivers, Population and climate, Districts, etc., Agricultural products, Forests, Factories, Cities, Mines--State of Guanajuato--Boundaries, Extent, Soil--Lake Yurirapundaro--Climate, Effect of maladies--Productions, Vine, Olive--Divisions--Population--City of Guanajuato--Towns in the state--Hacienda of Jaral--Mines--Silver, Copper, Lead, Cinnabar--Zacatécas--Boundaries, Extent, Agriculture, Divisions, Population, Towns--Zacatécas--Aguas Calientes, etc.--Product and value of Zacatécan mines--Ruins of Quemada in Zacatécas, 306 CHAPTER XI.--State of San Luis Potosi--Boundaries, Lakes, Rivers, Climate, Departments, Products--San Luis--Towns--Mining region--New Leon--Boundaries, Character, Rivers, Climate, Departments--Agriculture--Grazing, etc.--Monterey--Coahuila--Boundary, Position, Climate, Productions, Towns--State of Durango--Boundary, Character, Divisions, Streams, Productions--City of Durango--Towns, Mines, Iron, Silver--Indian necrology--Cave burial, 324 CHAPTER XII.--State of Chihuahua--Position, Boundaries, Extent, Characteristics, Rivers, Lakes, Indians, Divisions, Climate, Productions--Cattle estates--Mint--Mines--Principal towns--Chihuahua--El Paso del Norte--Military importance--El Paso wine, etc.--Antiquities--Indian ravages--The Bolson de Mapimi--Mexican modes of travelling and transportation--Litera--Mules--Arrieros--Conducta--Coaches--Freight wagons--Mexican habit of Home-staying--want of exploration--Modern advancement, 334 APPENDIX NO. 1--Profile of the Plateau--Mexico to Santa Fé--Santa Fé to the Gulf, 346 APPENDIX NO. 2--Mexican Coins, Weights and Measures, 347 BOOK VI. TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.--Exploration of the far west--Long, Nicollet, Frémont--Santa Fé trade--First adventurers--Caravans--New Mexico erected by Congress into a territory--Geological structure of New Mexico--The Rio Grande--Its value--Soil--Products--Irrigation--Cattle--Indians--Mines--Gold--Silver --Copper--Iron--Gypsum--Salt--Climate--Pueblo Indians--Wild Indians enumerated--Number of Pueblo Indians--Census--Proximate present population--Character of people and government--Santa Fé--Alburquerque --Valley of Toas--Statistics of Santa Fé trade, etc.--Itinerary from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fé and El Paso, 351