Contents. xi 



PAGE 



Limes and Shaddocks . . . . . . . . 61 



Bananas . . . . . . . . . .61 



Pineapple .......... 62 



Cocoanut .......... 62 



Mangoes .63 



Alligator Pear 63 



Mamey A "\ . 63 



Zapote . 63 



Papaya ........ > _>- , 63 



"Flowers .* . : ,. .. . 63 



Irrigation v - . . . ... 64 



The Nazas Irrigation . . . . i , 67 



Fauna ........ . . . K,fy 70 



Ethnology . . V 72 



Mexican Indians ......... 72 



Increase of Mexican Population 76 



Decrease of the Indian Population . . . . 77 * 



The Spaniards in Mexico . . . . V . 78 



English and Germans in Mexico . . . # r - 79 



Americans in Mexico . ... . , v . . 79 



Ruins . . . , : - , . . f , t -. , . 80 



Uxmal . . . . , . . / . . . 80 



Palenque . . . , . . . ... .81 



Cholula . . . . . .... . 81 



Teotihuacan . . . . . . . . 81 



Mitla . . . . . . . .... 83 



Languages . . . . . . . ^ . 85 



Synopsis of the Indian Languages of Mexico according to 



Don Francisco Pimentel . . . .... 86 



Population . . . . . 89 - 



Classification of Mexican States 90 



Area and Population of the United Mexican States . . 91 



Religion . ^. . . . . . . . . 92 



Protestantism in Mexico . ... . . 95 



Political Organization . . . . . . . . r 98 



Political Division . . . . . . .... 99 



Army and Navy . , . . . . ;. , .. ' w 99 



Education . . . . . . ,. . . . . 100 



Universities Established by the Spanish Government . , 101 



School of Medicine ... ,, . . . ,. 102 



School of Engineering ........ 103 



Mexican Technical Schools in the Present Time . . . 103 



Reorganization of the Technical Colleges .... 104 



Primary Education 104 



