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SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



vol. 59 



There are many of these artificial islands varying in size from 40 

 to 120 feet square, planted with flourishing crops of corn, vege- 

 tables, and flowers. Altogether, they present a scene of remarkable 



Fig. 9. — Artificial islands (Chinampas), Xochimilco, Mexico. Photograph 



by Hrdlicka. 



Fig. 10. — Native houses, Xochimilco, Mexico. Photograph by Hrdlicka. 



beauty and great delight to the visitor, a real earthly paradise. Laid 

 off, as they are, in a regular manner, each an individual blossoming 

 garden, separated from its fellows by canals or water lanes, through 

 which pass the canoes and dugouts of the natives on the way to and 



