1892 
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Patzcuaro 
(Michoaean) 
October 
En route 
to 
Nahuatzin 
(Michoaean) 
tween two posts over which is erected a small double pitched roof to 
protect it from the weather* 
The gables of the houses are covered with shakes and the course in 
the aper are often set in rose pattern thus The walls 
along the streets are overgrown with mosses, ferns, orchids, and 
various other plants and an occasional glimpse was had of great un¬ 
trained white and crimson roses reaching above the walls, or the blase 
of scarlet geraniums flashed out as we passed* 
Elevations from Geog. Com, at* 
Jalapa 
Metros 
Huamantla 
2553 
Apisaco 
2400 
Vol. Popooatapetl 
5452 
n Crisaba 
6699.? 
Ik. Perot® (ft. 14,047) 4281*5 
Istac Head, 5146j breast, 8286* feet, 4740 
The first week of October, 1892, when en route between Aoanbaro 
and Patzcuaro, Michoaean, I was surprised and delighted with the ex¬ 
cessive abundance of wild flowers which were out in excessive abund¬ 
ance end great beauty. Great areas of hillslope and meadowland were 
shaded with the delicate colors and Hr, Pringle admitted that he had 
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never before witnessed such a floral wealth even on an American 
prairie in spring. The most abundant species was a lovely flower of 
varying shades of pale pink and rose tints growing abundantly on tall 
gracefully swaying stems and forming exquisite masses of color* 
October 8,- several small orchards of apples and pears occupied 
plots of ground in the midst of the village, but the trees were plant¬ 
ed close together and left totally unpruned so that the branches 
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