409 



Government of Mexico, 98, 99 

 Grasses, where grown, use, 56 

 Guatemala, boundary, latitude, length of 



southern boundary, 6 ; cochineal raised 



there, 53 

 Guggenheim, smelter, 23, 28, 29 



H 



Henequen, where grown, average pounds 



per acre, 49 

 Humboldt, Baron von, reference to, 13, 



15, 81, 104, 271 

 Hydrography, coast, gulfs, harbors, bays, 



32; islands, 33; rivers and torrents, 



33, 34 



Imports, from 1826-28, 155 ; from 1872- 

 75, 156 ; from 1885-86 and 1888-90, 

 157 ; from 1892-96, 158 ; by countries 

 from 1888-90, by custom-houses from 

 1894-96, 1 60 ; values of metals and 

 commodities from 1882-92, 165-7 ; 

 resume of total, 167 ; to Mexico and to 

 the United States, 172 ; of merchandise 

 from Mexico from 1858-83, 176, 177 ; 

 into the United States, 181, 182 ; lead- 

 ing merchandise imports from Mexico 

 to the United States, 184; of gold 

 bullion, ore, and coin into the United 

 States, 191 ; of Mexico by countries and 

 custom-houses in the year 1896-97,246; 

 from the United States, 248 



Indians, Mexican, tribes, 72 ; classifica- 

 tion of tribes, 73 ; similar to Malay- 

 Asiatic races, 73, 74 ; extract from 

 San Francisco, Cal. , Bulletin, 73 ; char- 

 acteristics, 74, 75 ; prominent men among 

 them, marriages, 74 ; education, 76, 

 105 ; strength, 78 ; religion, 97 ; Sir 

 William Kingston on, 75 ; originated 

 work on canal, 267-9 



India-rubber, places best adapted for it 

 as an industry, 46, 47 ; amount of pro- 

 duction, 46 ; profits and expense of, 

 47, 48 



Inhabitants, most thickly inhabited parts, 

 37; manner of living, 128; aborigines, 

 per cent, of, 72 



Inundations of the City of Mexico, used 

 to be flooded once on an average of 

 every twenty-five years, the one in 1580, 

 in 1604, 269 ; one in 1607, 270 ; one 

 which occurred in 1629, 272 ; decrease 

 in, since Nochistongo opening, caused 

 by cutting of forests, 274 



Iron, where found, 21, 22, 25 ; Cerro del 

 Mercado mine, quality, 21 ; impor- 

 tation of, foundries, 22 



Irrigation, but little at present in Mexico, 

 63 ; scarcity of water, 64, 65 ; cause of 

 decrease in rainfall, good investment, 

 66 ; reason for short grain supply, 70 ; 

 Kazas irrigation, 67-70 



Lakes, number of, description of, 268, 

 269 ; disappearance of Lake Mexico, 

 269 ; Lake Texcoco filling up, lake al- 

 most disappeared, 274 ; altitudes of, 

 275 ; canal crosses Lake Texcoco, 276 



Lamoreaux, map showing cession of ter- 

 ritory, 7 



Languages in Mexico, varieties, 85, 86 ; 

 Indian, similar to Oriental, 74 ; synop- 

 sis of Indian, 86-8 



Latitude, of Mexico, 5 ; of Guatemala, 

 6 ; of silver mines, 13 ; of City of 

 Mexico, 107 



Laws, mining, 25-7 ; lands, 124 ; coloni- 

 zation, 125, 126 ; banking, 131 



Lead, ores, 17, 18 ; yield, 28, 29 



Lemons, where grown, 60 



Lempriere, Notes on Mexico, 9 



Libraries in Mexico, 106 ; names, number 

 of volumes and students, 233-5 



Li Hung Chang and the Mexican silver 

 mines, 18, 19 



Limes and shaddocks, where planted, 

 variety, 61 



Longitude, of Mexico, 5 ; of silver mines, 

 13 ; of City of Mexico, 107 



Mamey, use of, 63 



Mangoes, cultivated taste, transporta- 

 tion of, 63 



Manufacturing, factories in 1893, 236 ; 

 additional establishments, 237 



Martinez, Enrico, his plan for canal, 270; 

 plan inaugurated, 271 ; plan accepted 

 in 1614, 271, 272 ; scored for not doing 

 his work right, 272 ; referred to, 272-4 ; 

 again requested to carry out work, 

 273 



Matthews, Mr. James F., 18 



Maximilian, 108 ; downfall, 95 



Mendez, Simon, his plan for canal, 273 ; 

 reference to, 275 



Mercado, Gines Vazquez del, Cerro del, 21 



Mexico as a Central American State, 

 where article was published, 249 ; how 

 article originated, 249, 250 ; geographi- 

 cal situation of Mexico, 250 ; five States 

 of Central America, 250 ; States of 

 Mexico, 251 ; geographical extension of 

 Central America, 251 ; how remarks 

 were received by a Guatemalan repre- 

 sentative, 252 



Miller, Mr. Chas., 18 



Mining, richness of mines, 13 ; miners, 

 25 ; Mexico offers great advantages in, 

 128, 129 



Money, weights and measures, 133, 134 



Monies Claros, Marquis de, reference to, 

 269 



Museum, National, 103 



