294 DE LOS LAGOS TEPIC SAN BLAS MINES ISLANDS. 



The population of the town may be estimated at 50,000. Its air 

 is mild and wholesome, and during the season when the neighboring 

 vegetation is refreshed by rains, the scenery of Guadalajara is con- 

 sidered as picturesque as that of the city of Mexico. 



In the district of Lagos lies the town of San Juan de los La- 

 gos, in a deep ravine, almost upon a level with the river of the same 

 name, and with its mud houses and wild scenery, offers no evi- 

 dence of the gay and festive appearance it presents during the fa- 

 mous annual fair which is held in it, commencing the 5th of Decem- 

 ber, and lasting eight days. At that period, San Juan is the resort 

 of merchants, with their wares from all parts of the Republic, and 

 all the planters or wealthy rancheros within an hundred leagues, re- 

 sort thither with their families. 



There is a beautiful church in this town, dedicated to Our Lady 

 of the Lake, and medals struck in honor of her are sold at the door 

 of the temple. 



In the district of la Barca are the towns of La Barca, Tlachi- 

 chilco, Chapala, Axixis, Ojotepec, Aranda and Atotomilco. 



In the district of Etzatlan, we find the capital village of Etzat- 

 ~an, Cocula, San Martin, Ameca, Tequila and Agualco. 



In the district of Sayula, are Sayula, Zapotlan el grande, Zapo- 

 titli, Tuspan and Zacualco. 



In the district of Jiutlan, we find Autlan de la Gran a, a town 

 with 4,000 inhabitants, La Villa de la Purificacion, with 3,000, 

 Mascota, San Sebastian and Tecolotlan, which are large villages. 



In the district of Tepic lies the town of Tepic, a fine well built 

 town in the midst of a rich mountain plain, 2,963 feet above the 

 level of the sea, and next to the capital, the finest and most populous 

 town in the State. Besides this, there are Pochotitlan, Compos- 

 tella, Ahuacatlan, S. Maria del Oro, Santiago, Centispac, Acapo- 

 neta, and Guajicoria. Three leagues north-east of the latter, a warm 

 spring is found in the neighborhood of the Cerro de Huicalapa. 



The capital of the district of Colotlan, is San Antonio de Colot- 

 lan, containing about 4,000 inhabitants. In this district we also 

 find Santa Maria, a large and populous village lying 5,659 feet 

 above the sea, Huejucar, Cartagena, Tlaltenango and Bolanos, a 

 mining town. 



The best sea-port of Jalisco is that of San Bias, whose town lies 

 in 21° 32' 24" north latitude and 107° 35' 48," west longitude from 

 Paris, upon a rock of basaltic lava, 90 feet high, isolated entirely 

 on three sides, and reached by a bad road on the fourth. The ha- 

 ven is land-locked, and the anchoring ground good and deep ; but, 



