470 URES TO 
pass in this respect similar lands in California, the pro- 
ducts of which astonish the agricultural world. It is 
stated by Velasco, in his statistical account of Sonora, 
- before alluded to, that: the product of wheat at the 
hacienda of the Sefiores Astiaseranes of Horcasitas is 
from two hundred and fifty to three hundred to one; 
and that the haciendas at Tapahui, of which I have 
before given the details, are equally productive. 
Hermosillo is a place of extensive business rela- 
tions with all parts of the State, and has some large 
wholesale establishments for the sale of dry goods. 
There are scarcely any American goods sold here, 
_ though admitted to be of a superior quality. Yet I 
saw in the warehouses here, as well as in Ures, various 
cotton goods of British manufacture, bearing the stamp 
of the Blackstone and Lowell mills. French manufac- 
tures, too, are common. In fact, the entire market of 
Sonora seems to be supplied by England and France. 
Some little is done here in the mechanic arts, more, 
indeed, than in any place we had yet visited. The 
working of leather is one of the most important 
branches of manufacture in the country. It is made 
up into saddle covers, leggins, and other articles, 
which are figured, inlaid, and embroidered with much 
taste and skill. A fine saddle cover, consisting of a 
piece of leather covering the entire saddle, and hang- 
ing down nearly to the stirrups, often costs a hun- 
dred dollars. * 
The old mission church still remains in good pre- 
servation, but its adornments are without much beauty 
or interest. A new one, at the opposite end of the 
town, that of Nuestra Senora del Carmen, is quite neat 
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