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vaco, near Teteama. It consists of a hill 387 feet 

 high, surrounded by ditches or trenches, and divided 

 into five terraces covered with masonry ; the whole 

 forming .a truncated pyramid, the four faces of 

 which correspond to the four cardinal points. The 

 porphyritic stones are adorned with hieroglyphical 

 figures, among which are crocodiles, and men sit- 

 ting cross-legged in the Asiatic manner. Other 

 relics and places connected with the history of the 

 conquest are shown to the stranger ; but of these it 

 is unnecessary to speak. 



Our author estimates the population of Mexico as 

 follows : 



Inhabitants. 



White Europeans 2,500 



White Creoles , 65,000 



Copper-coloured natives 33,000 



Mestizoes, mixture of whites and Indians 26,500 



Mulut toes 10,000 



137,000 . 



The annual number of births for a mean term of 

 100 years is 5930, and that of deaths 5050 ; while in 

 New-Spain, in general, the relation'of the births to 

 the population is as 1 to 17, and that of the deaths 

 as 1 to 30, so that the mortality in the capital ap- 

 pears much greater. The great conflux of sick per- 

 sons to the hospitals, and, on the other hand, the 

 celibacy of the numerous clergy, the progress of 

 luxury, and other causes, induce this disproportion. 



According to researches made by the Count de 

 Revillagigedo, the consumption of Mexico in 1791 

 was as follows : 



I. ANIMAL FOOD. 



Oxen 16,300 



Calves 450 



Sheep 278,923 



Hogs 50,676 



Kids and Rabbits 24,000 



Fowls 1,255,340 



Ducks 125,000 



Turkeys 205,000 



Pigeons 65,30! 



Dd 



Partridges 140,000 



