310 INTENDANCY OF MEXICO. 



(1,059,193 square miles ; inhabitants f^ to the square 

 mile). 



A. Northern Region, in the interior. 



1. Province of New-Mexico, along the Rio del Norte, to the north 



of the parallel of 31". 



2. Intendaucy of New-Biscay, to the south-west of the Rio del 



Norte, on the central table-land. 



B. North-western Region, in the vicinity of the Pacific Ocean. 



3. Province of New-California, on tiie north-west coast of North 



America. 



4. Province of Old California, the southern e.xtremity of which en- 



ters the torrid zone. 



5. Intendancy of La Sonora, which also passes the tropic. 



C. North-eastern Region, adjoining the Gulf of Me.xico. 



6. Intendancy of Sau Luis Potosi. 



II. In the Torrid Zone — 36,500 square leagues : 

 5,160,000 inhabitants, or 141 to the square league — 

 (471,470 square miles; inhabitants 11 to the square 

 mile). 



D. Central Region. 



7. Intendancy of Zacatecas. 



8. Intendancy of Gnadalaxara. 



9. Intendancy of Guanaxuato. 



10. Intendancy of Valladulid. 



11. Intendancy of Mexico. 



12. Intendancy of Puebla. 



13. Intendancy of Vera Cru^. 



E. South-western Region. 



14. Intendancy of Oaxaca. 



15. Intendancy of Merida. 



Without attempting to present an analysis of our 

 author's statistical account of these different prov- 

 inces, we shall select from his descriptions those 

 parts which may prove most interesting to the gen- 

 eral reader. 



1. The intendancy of Mexico is entirely within 

 the torrid zone. More than two-thirds of it are 

 mountainous, and contain extensive plains elevated 

 from 2131 to 2451 feet above the sea. Only one 

 summit, the Nevado de Tolucca, 15,158 feet in 

 height, enters the region of perpetual snow. 



The valley of Mexico, or Tenochtitlan, which is 



