A less enthusiastic spectator would subtract many of its beauties from this glowing description, and still could not fail to admire--to admire much and long, the prospect from _Chapoltepec_. He would see a fine city, with its sixty domes and twice as many towers, but the lake of _Tescuco_ is too distant and indistinct to seem to wash it with its waters--and he would look in vain for the villages and hamlets that surround it. The fruit trees of _Tacubaya_, _San Angel_ and _Agustin_ exist, but unfortunately are not seen. These villages are situated on the southwestern border of the plain, and abound in orchards, but these are shut from view by high stone walls. With like disappointment he would look towards the _smoking_ volcano of _Puebla_; the _Popocatepetl_ does indeed smoke, but the smoke is indiscernible except from the mouth of the crater itself--nor has it been known to throw out ashes since 1665, when it continued to discharge for four days. In other respects the preceding description is not too highly wrought. * * * * * About a mile from _Chapoltepec_ is situated the little village of _Tacubaya_, celebrated for its mills, but chiefly for the _palace_ and garden of the Archbishop of Mexico. From this palace, which stands upon a commanding point above the village, the view is as extensive, and perhaps even more beautiful than that from _Chapoltepec_, inasmuch as this last is comprehended in it. The garden is laid out prettily, and contains some fine plants and fruits, but is very much neglected. A large orchard of olive trees adjoins it, which yield plentifully; but the olives, which may not be so well cured, are not as good as those imported from Spain. The cultivation of olive trees was forbidden under the Spanish government, lest it might interfere with the monopoly of the mother country, which exported in 1803, olives to the value of thirty thousand dollars.[7] [Footnote 7: Humboldt, vol. 4, p. 374-564.] In two subjoined articles, extracted from the "American Annals of Education," a very useful periodical, published in Boston,--are the same which are referred to by an intelligent correspondent in the last number of the "Messenger." (See page 205.) They are well worth the reader's attention. HEINROTH ON THE EDUCATION OF INFANCY. (Translated from the German.)