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Nearly four-fifths of the real property of Puebla either belongs or 

 is hypothecated to the church and to hospitals, and consequently 

 the agriculture of the State is not as well managed as if the land 

 belonged to independent farmers, who derived their wealth directly 

 from the soil. Great poverty prevails among the lower classes, and 

 their sad condition is generally attributed in Mexico to the mis- 

 management of real estate by the clergy. 



The water power in the neighborhood of the city of Puebla has 

 given a stimulus to manufactories, and the reader will find in our 

 chapter upon that branch of Mexican industry some interesting 

 statistical facts showing the progress made by the inhabitants of this 

 portion of the Republic. 



The only river of any importance in Puebla is the Rio de Tlas- 

 cala or Papagallo, which rises in the table lands, and runs southerly 

 from the village of Ayutla to the Pacific. The Pascaqualca, Tacu- 

 napa, Tecoyama, and the San Jose are insignificant streamlets along 

 the coast. 



CITY OF PUEBLA. 



The chief cities of this State are Puebla or Puebla de los Ange- 

 les — the " City of the Angels," — which is the capital and the seat 

 of the State government. It is a beautiful town, lying in the midst 



