CHAPTER II. 



BOUNDARIES OP VERA CRUZ RIVERS, LAGUNES, MINERAL SPRINGS, 



POPULATION, POLITICAL DIVISIONS, PRODUCTIONS, CATTLE, CITIES, 

 TOWNS. VERA CRUZ ITS DISEASES METEOROLOGICAL OBSER- 

 VATIONS AT WATER FALLEN AT VERA CRUZ. ORIZABA ASCENT 



OF THE MOUNTAIN — -MAGNIFICENT VIEWS DIFFICULTIES — -THE 



CRATER EXTINCT ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAIN DESCENT. 



ANTIQUITIES IN THE STATE OF VERA CRUZ RUINS AT PANUCO, CHA- 



CUACO, SAN NICOLAS, LA TRINIDAD SMALL FIGURES. PAPANTLA 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PYRAMID. RUINS AT MAPILCA PYRAMID 



AND TEMPLE AT TUSAPAN ISLE OF S ACRIFICIOS — MISANTLA RE- 

 MAINS NEAR PUENTE NACIONAL. TAMAULIPAS BOUNDARIES, RIV- 

 ERS, LAGUNES, CLIMATE, POPULATION, PRODUCTIONS, TOWNS. AN- 

 TIQUITIES OF TAMAULIPAS TOPILA RANCHO DE LAS PIEDRAS 



SCULPTURE REMAINS, ETC., ETC. 



THE STATE OF VERA CRUZ. 



PLAZA OF VERA CRUZ. 



The State of Vera Cruz lies under the burning sky of the tropics 

 between 17° 85' and 22° 17' of north latitude; and 96° 46' and 

 101° 21 ' west longitude from Paris. It is comprised within a long 

 but somewhat narrow strip of territory along the Gulf of Mexico, 

 running from the mouth of the Tampico river, in the north, to the 



