1894 
Tloxo&la 
(Tlaxoela) 
Puebla 
(Puebla) 
1 
Oaxaca 
(Oaxaca) 
June 2s Left Orizaba and proceeded to the City of Tlaxeala -where 
we remained over night, Was much disappointed to find this town to 
be small and to contain very little of interest, A large plaza shaded 
with fine trees (Fraxinus berlandieri) is the most attractive feature. 
£sa old government building or palace bears an inscription dated early 
in the century praising the faith and allegiance to Spain of the worthy 
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citizens of this town and on the other side of this portal is an ins¬ 
cription praising the people*s devotion to the constitution, 
June 3rd and 4thi We put in in the City of Puebla, in order to 
ship my baggage to Oaxaca, 
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June 5th; The tableland region continues from Puebla nearly to 
the limit of the state beyond Tehuaoan, The R.R, Mexioano del Sur con¬ 
tinues to descend until it reaches an altitude less than 2000 feet above 
the level of the sea, and all through this low area it is in an extremely 
arid belt belonging to the Arid Tropioal, Then the road climbs up to 
over 6000 feet at Las Sedas and proceeds across a plain to the City of 
Oaxaca, at a little over 5,000 ft, 
June 6th; We reached the City of Oaxaca last evening and as the 
train entered the station a crowd of about 200 people was seen on the 
platform, a couple of bands began to play and some fireworks were ex¬ 
ploded in the street. On inquiry, I learned that this was in honor of 
General Martin Gonzalez who is candidate for governor of the State at 
the coming election. The crowd was a decidedly small one mainly of 
young men and boys and certainly made no very imposing welcome, 
Oaxaca City is in a dry valley with a range of mountains rising to 
over 10,000 ft, Just to the north of it, Cto all sides toward the hori¬ 
zon rise hills and mountains high enough to be eovered with pine timber. 
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