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ancient Aztec ruins were to be seen, very 
few of which had ever been heard of 
before. I determined to visit them as 
soon as possible, for the reason that Mr. 
Macdonald, the business^ manager of the 
lower colony, was expecting to leave 
shortly for Salt Lake City. This gentle¬ 
man was unusually well acquainted with 
the country of the Piedras Verdes, having 
spent months in surveying it, and being 
more familiar with its ancient ruins than 
any other man living. Fortunately Dr. 
Johnson was going through to see him— 
a two days’ trip—so to a certain extent 
we joined our forces for that time. Ex¬ 
pecting to return to Corralitos, we left 
early one morning for a drive of about 
sixty miles to the lower Mormon colony 
of Juarez, named after Mexico’s greatest 
President since the war of independence. 
