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from New York or Paris. This was smoking cigarritos 
between the dances. It is true these little cigars are _ 
mild, and, being exhausted with a few puffs, are not 
accompanied by the filthy practice of spitting. Gen- 
tlemen use their cigars also in the ball-room ; so that 
at times one has to confront quite a cloud of smoke. 
A few days after this entertainment, I invited 
General Trias, four of his officers, and the American 
consul, Mr. Riddells, to a dinner in my tent, that num- 
ber being as many as it would accommodate, with the 
gentlemen of the Commission who were present. 
I took advantage of my stay here to seek for infor- 
mation relating to the northern boundary of the State, 
and was so fortunate as to find in the Governor’s office 
a large manuscript map of the State of Chihuahua made 
by Don Pedro Garcia Conde, and Mr. Staples. It 
appeared that in the year 1833, the Legislature of the 
State ordered a geographical, topographical, and sta- 
tistical survey to be made of theState. These gentle- 
men were the engineers in charge of the work, and the 
map alluded to was the result. 
I also procured a copy of the Statistical Report or 
Hssay made by the same commission,* which report 
was presented to the government in the year 1836 and 
printedin 1842. In the map and Statistical Report the 
northern boundary of the State is laid down and de- 
fined in latitude 32° 57’ 42”. 
Of the map a fac-simile was made by Mr. Radzi- 
minski, the principal assistant engineer of the Bounda- 
* Ensayo Estadistico sobre el Estado de Chihuahua. Chihuahua, 
Imprenta del Gobierno, & cargo de Cayetano Ramos. 1842. 
