ARRIVAL AT SANTA FE. 135 
liquors, which are transported on mules or in 
carretas. e fruits, as well fresh as in a 
dried state, are thus carried to the distant mar- 
kets. The grapes, carefully dried in the shade, 
make excellent pasas or raisins, of which large 
quantities are annually prepared for market 
by the people of that delightful town of vine- 
yards and orchards, who, to take them alto- 
gether, are more sober and industrious than 
those of any other part of Mexico I have visit- 
ed; and are happily ae ae by the ex- 
tremes of wealth and po 
On the 13th, I os mai ts my wagons a few 
miles south of El! Paso, whence our journey 
was continued, without any additional casu- 
alty, and on the 6th of December we reached 
Santa Fé, in fine health and spirits. 
