VIEW OF GUANAJUATO, MEXICO 



The city of Guanajuato is the capital of the State of the same name. It is built on the 

 slopes of a mountain range and has a population of 40,000. Guanajuato is celebrated as one 

 of the famous silver-producing regions of Mexico, and it is this industry which has been the 

 foundation of the prosperity and development of the city. 



A grotesque dummy figure is paraded 

 through the town, followed by the jeer- 

 ing and cheering crowds, who have risen 

 early to give expression to their righteous 

 indignation against the betrayer. After 

 circling the city, the procession halts, 

 Judas is promptly yanked by ropes from 

 the bearers and dangles in mid air, a sorry 

 sight, spit upon, cursed, condemned, con- 

 signed to everlasting purgatory, to which 

 place, at sunset, he is sent by the explo- 

 sion of dvnamite concealed in his carcass. 



Ribaldry runs riot as the day advances, 

 and night falls on an exhausted, though 

 happy, people. What matters if the 

 prison is overcrowded that night, or that 

 the supply of pulque or mescal is depleted 

 almost to the degree of exhaustion ? 



To the casual visitor from the States 

 the habits and customs of these lowly 

 people are strange, but fascinating. They 

 do not need our commiseration or sym- 

 pathy; they are content in their mode of 

 living, and who shall say that they are 



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