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has been erected to his memory. It consists 
of an octagon base of about eds — 
in diameter, upon which rises 
ornamented pyramid to the height. pi f about 
thirty feet. The monument indeed is not an 
unapt emblem of the purity and simplicity of 
the curate’s character. 
Among the few remarkable objects which 
attract the attention of the traveller is a row 
of columns supporting a large number of stu- 
pendous arches which may be seen from the 
heights, long before approaching the city from 
the north. This is an aqueduct of considera- 
ble magnitude which conveys water from the 
little river of Chihuahua, to an eminence | 
above the town, whence it is passed through 
a succession of pipes to the main public 
square, where it empties itself into a large 
stone cistern ; and by this method the city is 
supplied with water. This and other public 
works to be met with in Chihuahua, and in 
the southern cities, are glorious remnants of 
the prosperous times of the Spanish empire. 
No improvements on so exalted a scale have 
ever been made under the republican govern- 
ment. In fact, everything in this benighted 
country now seems to be on the decline, and 
the plain honest citizen of the old school is 
not unfrequently heard giving vent to his feel- 
ings by qponlsting « -Ojalé por los dias felices 
del —Oh, for the happy days of the 
King! ‘In short, there can be no doubt, that 
the common people enjoyed more ease— 
more protection against the savages—more 
