EZ 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 
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Fic. 9.—Artificial islands (Chinampas), Xochimilco, Mexico. Photograph 
by Hrdlicka. 
Fic. to.—Native houses, Xochimileo, 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 
