644. Bullock's Six Months' 



The trfraocfi arc pcrfertly visible, par- 

 ticulaily tlie second, whicli is Khoiit 

 lliiity-tislit feci wide, <()\crf<l will) a 

 coat of red ccnieiit cislit or ten iiiehes 

 lUick, comj)OS< d of small pebble stones 

 and lime. In many places, as j(.n as- 

 cend, the nopal trees liavo deslrojed 

 the regularity of llio steps, but no- 

 •whcro injured the general (isure of (he 

 Sijiiare, which is as perleet in t!iis res- 

 pect as the great pjramid of Egypt. 

 On the norlh-east side, at abonl half 

 vay down, at some remote |:eriod. ;in 

 oiw-'ning has been attempted. Tiiis 

 siiould have been from the south to the 

 north, and on a level with the ground, 

 or ordy a few feet above it ; as all the 

 remains of similar buildinjrs have been 

 found lo have thejr entrances in that 

 direction. Dr. Otcvza, who haspiven 

 ns the measure of these jiyramids, 

 makes the base of the largest six hun- 

 dred anil forly-tive feet in leiiglh, ai:d 

 one hundred and seventy-one in per- 

 pendicular height. 1 slionid ecrt.iinly 

 consider that the latter measurement is 

 considerably too little, and that the 

 altitude is about half the breadth. As 

 to the age of the pjraujids, and the 

 people by whom they were erecletl, all 

 must be a mailer of mere eonjecliire; 

 no one whom I could meet with in 

 Mexico knew or cared any thing about 

 Ihcin. 



PATIUOT GENEUAI. 



General Victoria is a naiive of Du- 

 rango, in New Spain, and of a les- 

 pectable family. On llie breaking out 

 of Ihc revolntiiin, in 1810, he had just 

 finished his studies, and deeidctl on 

 taking an active part in favour of the 

 liberation of his country from the 

 Spani.sh yrke. No native has been so 

 conspicuous in the long and arduous 

 struggle, or has acquired the eonlidcnce 

 of the peojde in a greater de;;ree, than 

 Le has. A real well-wisher to the cause 

 of rational liberty, coolness and deter- 

 mination in the hour of danger, and an 

 ardent desire to form a connexion \^ilh 

 this countr\, have ever been the leading 

 features of his character. The moment 

 he considered tLe views of the ex- 

 Emperor injurious to the rights of the 

 people, lie publicly denounced him, on 

 which he was arrested and confined ; 

 but his frieiMls enabled him lo escape 

 from prison, and to proceed a second 

 time lor concealment to the woods be- 

 tween Xa!a|)pa and Vera Cruz, where 

 Jie had I'oimerly been for thirtj months 

 without having seen the fcice of a human 

 btin^. when proscribed, and an im- 



Residence in Mexico. 



mcnse price set on bis bead, liy tlie 

 tSjinnish Viceroy. His privations and 

 sutleiinss during tlial period almost ex- 

 ceed credibility, fiis precarious ex- 

 istence depeiuled on vegetables an«l 

 insects, procured in the forests where 

 he resided, without the smallest conu 

 nuiniration with his felhiw-crcatures. 

 At one time, in consequence of his 

 mental andcoipoieal sutf< rings, he was 

 attacked by fever, and icmained 

 eleven days at the entrance of a cavern, 

 stretched on the ground without fooil, 

 hourly expecting a termination of his 

 w retched existciu;e: so near death, that 

 the vultures were constantly hovering 

 over liiin in expectation of their prey. 

 'J he first nourishment he received was 

 the warm blood of one of these bird:*, 

 which had approached to feast on his 

 half-closed ejes, when he seized him 

 by the neck, and was by this means 

 enabled to crawl to the nearest waler 

 to slake his parching thirst. Afler the 

 (xpulsion of tlje Spaniards an old and 

 laithlul In<lian <liscovered his retreat, 

 but with diflicutty could recognize his 

 person, he being destitute of clothes, 

 and so allered in appearance, that he 

 bad scarcely the .semblance of a human 

 form. 



mi NFS. 



The prosperity of Mexico must 

 always depend on the cultivation of her 

 imniense mineral wealth. 'Jlie silver 

 mines have alu^ady produced more 

 riches than those of any portion of the 

 glol c, and nioie rapid fortunes have 

 been made by individuals than are pos- 

 s'ssed by any in Europe. 'J'lie mine tif 

 Vallei:tiana, which may now be con- 

 sidered as lirilish property, (being one 

 of those engaged to be worked by our 

 first mining company.) was discovered 

 about sixty years ago by an enterprising 

 young Spaniard, of the name of Ober- 

 gon. He had no property, but was 

 assisted by a iNIr. Otierro, a shopkeeper 

 in the neighbourhood ; in a short time 

 each partner annually shared profits to 

 the amount of two hundred and fifty 

 thousand pounds. During the revo- 

 lution the machinery was destroyed by 

 fire, and the water accumulated to sncli 

 a degree, that it could not be extracted 

 by llie slender means they possess; and 

 the mine has icmained uni)roductive 

 ever since ; but English mechanics and 

 steam-engines are now on their way to 

 it, and the m()st beneficial results may 

 be expected, not from this alone, but 

 liom hundreds of other mines now 

 lying dormant. Mining operations, it 



