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vernor, and reached the posada about eight 

 in the evening. 



Lerma is a regularly built town, but con- 

 sists principally of small houses: it appears 

 never to have been completed. 



We left it soon after daylight, passing the 

 end of a lake which seems as though it had 

 formerly been much larger than it is at 

 present, and crossed the fine plain, covered 

 by rich meadows and considerable farms, in 

 high cultivation. In two hours we reached 

 Tolluca, a distance of twelve miles, to break- 

 fast, the road being as good as in any part of 

 Britain, and without a curve the whole w r ay. 



Tolluca, like most of the Mexican cities, is 

 handsome, and regularly built. Its exterior 

 presents an appearance of prosperity not 

 observable in other places : the houses had a 

 new and fresh appearance, and, what I had not 

 before seen, several new buildings were then 

 constructing. It has considerable manufac- 



