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with a patio or courtyard in the centre, at 

 the back of the house is a lovely garden, well 

 stocked with orange-trees and limes, under the 

 shadow of which a swimming-bath is temptingly 

 placed. The machinery on this estate is worked 

 by steam, as they have no water power as at 

 Jauqa. The sugar manufactured at Puga is of 

 very superior quality; it is almost all sold in the 

 country. There is another sugar estate near 

 Tepic, called Bella Vista, belonging to Messrs. 

 Agierrez; this is also a lovely spot, as the name 

 implies ; the view from the top of a hill over- 

 looking the factory is magnificent, the valley 

 below being entirely under cultivation with 

 acres of waving sugar-cane and rice, which 

 affords a pleasing contrast to the surrounding 

 scenery. 



Excellent coffee is grown on some of these 

 estates, and tobacco of the finest quality. There 

 is a large cigar manufactory at Tepic, and 

 another at San Bias, where very fair cigars may 

 be bought for twenty to twenty-five dollars a 

 thousand. 



