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MEXICAN PROFILES. 



In the chapter on Orography of this paper (page 31) I stated that I 

 would give some profiles of the Mexican surface, which would show in 

 an exact manner the different altitudes from the sea-level to the high 

 plateaus of the country. I have selected for that purpose the principal 

 measurements by railroads built in Mexico, as they naturally followed 

 the easiest ascent and descent, both from the coast to the interior and 

 back to the coast. I will also supplement those measurements with 

 others made for wagon roads to and from important places. 



FROM VERACRUZ TO MEXICO BY ORIZABA, 

 BY THE MEXICAN RAILWAY. 



FROM APIZACO TO PUEBLA, A BRANCH OF 

 THE SAME ROAD. 



