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CHAPTER XXXIX, 
CHIHUAHUA AND ITS VICINITY. 
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Repairs on wagons—Mr. Flotte and his persecutions—The road infected by 
—Obtain important documents relating to the boundary—Description 
of Chihuahua—Causes of its decline—Its mines—The expulsion of the 
Spaniards—Labors of the Jesuits—Aqueduct—The Cathedral—Mine of 
Santa Eulalia—Casa de Moneda—Commerce—How carried on—Agri- 
cultural products—Alfalfa and its value—Heaps of scoria—Grazing 
lands—The plateau—Immense herds of Paes dl of the table 
land—Climate—Diminutive dogs. » 424 
CHAPTER XL. 
CHIHUAHUA TO THE RIO FLORIDO. 
Departure from Chihuahua—Additional eseort—Mr. Flotte with his family 
joi achimba—Santa Cruz—Grist mill—Smelting works—Saucil- 
lo—Attack of the Comanches—La Cruz—Las Garzas—Ford the Con- 
chas—Santa Rosalia—Its defences erected against the Americans dur- 
ing the war—Ramada—Rio Florido—Guajuquilla—Fertile valley— 
Monument to our Lady of Guadalupe—Search for meteorites—Hacien- 
e 
pelea in upset in an acequia—Hac de Concepcion-— 
us mass of meteoric iron—Account of meteorites in the Pepa Ss 
Hacienda del Rio Florid.. . . . . . 442 
CHAPTER XLL 
RIO FLORIDO TO PARRAS, 
A mule kidnapped—La Noria—Cerro Gordo—Enter the State of Durango 
—Another escort—Miserable condition of the Mexican soldiers—-Recent 
battle here with the Comanches—La Zarca—Vast herds of cattle and 
h 
—La Noria de Pedrecina—Silver mines—Cuencame—Another 
