144 THE WORLD'S MEAT FUTURE 



no doubt will come after the war, when the German influence 

 is removed, to make this one of the most important and the 

 closest big beef supply to the British Empire and the United 

 States. 



I shall never forget the trip I made some years ago from 

 Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. The railway most of the way 

 rises five feet in every hundred, and the scenerj^ everywhere is 

 magnificent. As Esperanza, near the top of the range, we, as 

 usual, broke our journey for the night, when we were ban- 

 queted by the native population. We passed en route the magni- 

 ficent mountain of Orizaba, and from then on travelled over 

 a vast grassy plateau to the capital. We were conveying big 

 consignments of ^lexican dollars to the coast for ship)nent, per 

 Royal Mail Steamers, to China. They were eventful and excit- 

 ing journeys indeed. 



