1893 
Atlixeo 
(Puebla.) 
did not ear© for them. 
We i set her® a young man who claimed to be a nephew of the Duk© of 
Veragua and a direet dependent of Christopher Columbus, 
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Xt ms an agreeable change at Atlixeo fToa the ©linate of Tera Cruz, 
although in the midst of the rainy season only oeoasiosml hard showers 
fell at Atliacoo and these almost Invariably toward evening. The climate 
ms very agreeable, it being neither ©old nor hot, X found quails 
(Collars nect oralis) very ernmm but lard to put up m account of the 
abundance of eovor afforded by com, grain, and ©an© field® j the alfalfa 
•which is raised very extensively was also favorite ground for them, they 
were so plentiful, however, that by patient hunting one can get a few, 
They commonly were in pairs. They seemed very bold and were found in 
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alfalfa, ®t©„ right up to the edge of town. And I killed two birds 
sear a fines where people were living nil the time and stock continually 
walking around, Jack rabbits el so cottontails ©an be hunted along with 
quails, Atlixeo stands on a plain with no hills of way importance near 
it. Two or thro© league® south, however, are some hi# hills covered 
with thick brush and small trees, perhaps oaks, on them. There is said 
to b© deer and other gam®. 
Chihuahua, October 3 * Tuesday, W© left Atlixeo August 10 for San 
Martin, returning to Puebla,- past the noted ruin Cerro de Ohcluleu -1® 
passed the night in Puebla, The Cerro de Cholula is quit© a high hill 
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and very old,, nothing of its history, X believe, is tees®, It is made 
entirely of adobe sundried bricks. This ©an bo seen fresa the train, A 
winding road leads to the summit which is surmounted nm by a Sousa 
Catholic ehurehjnear the town of Cholula, which is quit© large, are other 
ruins. There are, I believe, no indications that the bricks which comp- 
os© the Cerro de Cholula were taken from the immediate vicinity of the 
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