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l^anglatlon of Document flO , from "^emoriad-el .iiuisterio de Foment o. 1865. 
An acGOuntO;f the Lands of Metlaltoyuca, presented to the -ilinister of 
Fomento,by the Commission of Lxplorati on,l^i charge of ii.ng.Hamon Alraoraz 
In compliance with my orders for the Commission direcmed by me, dated 
Julyl5,l665,I set out with the li^ngineers ,Don Antonio Garcia y' uubas and 
vyilllam Hayfor nuauchinango. The work of the Com. included the following 
tasks; to studythe road from tulancingo to Tuxpan, touching at Huauchinan- 
go:arriving at this point to‘'get in accord with the 5ub Prefect of 'this 
District of the same name, Don Juan B.Campo, with the plan to examine the 
vacano lands Yi/hicn ne mentions in his deport of last Juneifo make a -y 
rough- draft of Vne lands , giving ae the moat important data with the idea 
of their situation and area, make a description of the topography and gIl 
mate: of the productions and other circumstances of said lands; to learn i 
if they can be dedicated with advantage to colonization. 
."j'hen arriving at the point where there exist the ruins of an ancient 
c 1 vi li zati on , of which ©3? Campo spoke extensively i>i his report, make minuTte^ 
discriptions andtake views of them and the more notable objects that may 
be found there. 
The generosity of Av Hay, who is* named equally on the Commission 
kindly placed at my service his knowledge and phot<7jequipment , 
Knowing what we had "oo do I informed t.ie Secretary that in my opinion 
the phot*equlpment was insufficient to carry out the work , considering 
that we were now in the wet season, the light might not be suiicient to 
take the views, and owning to the condition of the roads, some of the equip- 
:ent might be broken and probably the ruins being in dense forrest,the 
viev^s taken would show the ruins of seconday value to the trees. 
Hence I requested an artist who would dedicate himself to representation 
of the ruins :he agreeing with me placed at my disposal two from the i.^at” 
ional Acedemy of San Carlos, Srt velas'jo and Sr. Goto. 
I'he^ the necessary instrumenta were provided by the aational Scientific 
Commission, of the Valley of Yiexico. ~~ ~~ ~ 
I seTected a small Tro’ugTrton & Sims transit and a compass of the same 
make, a Hochon telescope, a thermometer anc a metric ^ tape . I was short an 
instrument for determining the altituce above sea level although the com. 
had a good GayLuasac,! decided not to take it, its construction being too 
delicate for our purpose. 
However Mi? May offered me his aneroid , which I accepted , though I had 
. little confidence in that type 'of inStrume nt ,but I tested it in San Juan 
Teotihuacrn and in Tulanciugo with oiher barometers and it seemed to be 
correct and suitable for our purpose. 
Havin^assembled our equipment we set out on the I6th of July, 3 days 
after re'''eiving our commission. 
I should state here that the season was far from the best for our 
venture,being 1. n the wet season. Those who know the condition of the roads 
at this time.^the roads are very slippery, and the rivers and small streams 
are suddenly flooded and that ■ ou go from one precipice to another. 
The streams carrying all sorts of debris which prevents using a raft 
for passing cargos without getting them soaked. 
In iulancingo and Huauchinango various persons advised us to abandon 
the trip until later in the season. 
/•e listened to them but decided to proceed and with time and persistance 
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