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ing in value from four to eighty dollars each. Mr. 
K-ohnstadt showed me piles and bales of these articles 
ready for market, many of them of brilliant colors 
and fine texture. The serape is the principal garment 
of the Mexicans. It serves them as a covering at 
night, and is alike worn to protect them from the cold 
and from the rain. A considerable demand therefore 
exists for the inferior qualities among the hands on the 
estate. 
One would suppose that the cultivation of such 
large farms, and the raising of so many horses, mules, 
and cattle, would be sufficient for one man to attend to 
successfully ; but Don Manuel does not stop here. He 
is the owner and successful operator of a large cotton 
mill near Tapahui, which I had not time to visit, and 
of a silver mine. 
The books of this, gentleman were admirably kept, 
exhibiting a correctness of system which would be 
creditable in the counting-room of one of our New- 
York merchants. Mr. Rohnstadt kindly permitted me 
to make the following abstract of the list of employees 
on his establishment. 
414 laborers, 
52 muleteers, 
19 mechanics, 
‘ 23 herdsmen, 
16 shepherds. 
This list embraces those only who were employed 
on the farms. 
He possesses also a silver mine, which had been 
