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The garden is beautifully kept, and is well 

 supplied with fruit and flowers. Jauqa is one 

 of the principal cotton factories in the country, 

 and supplies all the chief towns in Mexico with 



THE COTTON FACTORY OF JAU'QA, NEAR TKJ'IC. 



mantas, a species of cotton garment ; several 

 hundred operatives are employed on the 

 works. 



The sugar estate of Puga, also belonging to 

 Messrs. Barron, Forbes, and Co., is well worth a 

 visit ; it is situated about two leagues from Tepic; 

 the building is a fine one, in the old Spanish style, 



