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MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, WESÏ INDIES. 



The city of Morelos, wliicii, although, not the capital, takes the same name as 

 the state, is the ancient Ciiantla Amilpas, the " Saragossa " of New Spain, which 

 for several months held out against the united forces of the Spaniards. It enjoys 

 the same delightful climate as Cuernavaca and the neighbouring Yaatepec ; here 

 the sugar-cane thrives, and the fruits raised in the district are now forwarded to 

 Mexico bv a railway which crosses a saddleback, strewn with little volcanoes, at 

 an elevation of 9,730 feet, Morelos, like the other towns of the state, is watered 

 by copious streams flowing to the Rio Mexcala, On a northern affluent of the 



Mg. 56. — AcAPTiLco 

 Sfale 1 : 120,000. 



39° 57 



0to5 

 Fathoms. 



5 to 10 

 Fa homs. 



Depths. 



1')to25 

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25 to 50 

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3,300 Yards 



same river, but in the State of Guerrero, stands the town of Tuxco, whence the 

 Aztecs obtained lead an 1 tin, and where the Spaniards made their first essays at 

 mining work in New Spain. On another tributar^^ lies the famous Iguala, where 

 in 1821 was issued the " plaa " which the belligerents accepted, and which put 

 an end to the Spanish rule in Mexico. Betwean Taxco and Cuernavaca lies the 

 famous CarahuaiuUpa cave, whose marvellous galleries, sources of springs and 

 rivers, have already been explored for a distance of six miles. 



The semicircular roadstead opening east of the Mexcala delta is too much 

 exposed for shipping ; a more favourable anchorage is afforded by the neighbour- 



