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Chihuahua 
(Chihuahua) 
Atlixco 
(Puebla) 
October 2 - We left Puebla about: July 24 on the Matamoros branch 
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of the Terro Garriel Oceanic© for Atlixco near the southern base of 
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Popocatepetl* Took the train, a mixed o ns, in Puebla about 7 a*a. and 
reached Atlixco about 10, the weather ms fine and I ms reminded sane 
by the mixed train temperature and vegetation of the rid© firoa Acambaro 
to Patseuaro, lichoaoan, Hasy small flowers could be seen, toe, a tall 
red coaposite-f flower 1 have seen cultivated sway up here. W© got off 
the train at a shabby little wooden station and went to a hotel on the 
corner of the plasa where vm got a room facing the plasa and smother 
street at a very reasonable rate. I do not remember whether the hotel 
had a name or not but it ms run by a Jolly old Mexican woman named 
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desofa Fernandes and her husband. We had shipped our outfit by freight 
and it did not show up until the following toy. In the afternoon I- 
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climbed to the top of a high hill which stands only a few minutes walk 
from the plasa, to get a look at the country. A fine view is obtained 
from the top which Is surmounted by a church. 
The following morning 2 went out to look around but did not see much, 
only a few birds and a few signs of various animals. The hill I climbed 
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the first toy is known as the Cerro d© San Miguel and is a landmark for 
miles around. 
Atlixco is a quiet town of about 14,000 inhabitants. Agriculture 
is the principal occupation, drain, fruits, etc., are raised without 
irrigation but sugar cane, one of the most important productions, re- 
quires water. As the altitude is only about 6000 feet, many kinds of 
semi-tropical fruits are raised, such as the orange, sweet lime, mango, 
and aguacate. It was her© I made the acquaintance of a curious fruit 
called the Juiaiqulle. It is a legume, very long and narrow, green in 
color, and a cottony, sweet, -watery substance covering the seeds or beans 
farms the edible part. The natives seem to be very fond of them but I 
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