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fulaneingo 
Toluca 
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San Juan 
horse he rides was thrown daring the goring process against the fence 
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and had his head badly bruised, He got up and left the ring without 
losing consciousness, but at the supportable that evening his mind began 
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to wander and he ms sick for scsae days, but finally recovered, 
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Excursions are nm rvm over the Xnteroceanic from the City of Mexico 
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to fulancingo for the hull fights. This branch of the railroad has only 
recently been completed. Hr, Helson and I think, we have seen enough 
bull fighting and consider it barbarous in idle extreme. Many Spanish 
ladies, however, are very fend of them and the men often get greatly ex- 
cited and threw canes, hats, cigars, money, ansi sometimes watches into 
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the ring to a favorite fighter. 
We left Sulaneiago for the capital ©f the Mcaatezua&s about August 25 
where, after staying a few days, we mad® a trip to Toluca on the Ferro 
Carril Wed «©ai Mexieano, Stayed one night in Toluca at the Hotel del 
Ferro Garril and then went out to San Juan, a small settlement near the 
base of the volcano. The latter place ms readied by a narrow gauge 
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steam road which connects the two places, The railroad and Hotel at 
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San Juan and the country ws wished to work is the property of a young 
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Spanish-Gorman whose permission it ms necessary to have before going 
out, A fin© view of the volcano is obtained from the top of the hotel. 
The mountain is much farther assay than it appears, 
I trapped for several days in the neighborhood of San Juan and then 
md© a trip up on the mountain to a rancho also belonging to Hr, Henkle, 
the young fellow just mentioned. This rancho is at an altitude of about 
11,500 feet and about three hours horseback ride from San Juan. Hr, B. 
made a trip to the top, staying on© night in San Jmn. 
The principal occupations are agriculture in the Toluca Talley and 
wood cutting, stock raising, and the digging out of sacoaton gr aSS Tor 
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