ich of the way with h 



which seemed to lack des 



criptions an 



ong known records. 



The village of Mitla i 



situated in 



latitutei7°N.,ata 



tude of about 4,000 feet 



conditions 



vhich cooperate to gi 



vegetation a pronounced 



desert cha 



racter. The famous 



lear by testify to the form 



er existence 



of a type of civilizatio 



he indelible impress of 



the desert 



upon it : a civilizat 



which co6peration or co 



mmunism \ 



as carried to the gr 



se ruins were peopled, y 

 st have been experienced by the builders of the ancient temple, 

 kfore leaving Mitla we were afforded the opportunity of in- 

 cting a distillery for making mescal, the fiery whiskey derived 

 n the juice of the agave. When the great rosettes of this 



