SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. £5 



Spanish language are idem sonans and in- 

 terchangeable. From 200,000 to 300,000 

 pounds weight are annually exported to Eu- 

 rope. Yet although this drug has been so 

 long known, it was only of late that the genus 

 of the plant to which it belongs was ascer- 

 tained. 



Excellent tobacco is produced in many parts 

 of Mexico, and it was used in the form of 

 segars in such quantities as to yield, in the 

 time of the Spaniards, a net revenue of 

 i?833,400; but, since the independence of 

 the country has been declared, and the re- 

 strictions on its growth have been removed, the 

 revenues arising from it have been lost to the 

 state, whilst the people have been little be- 

 nefited, as the price of segars remains nearly 

 the same. 



The best indigo known is raised at Guate- 

 mala. It is also found in various parts of New 

 Spain, but its cultivation is much neglected- 



