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their control, and do not take kindly to 
the foreign spirit of enterprise and 
improvement. This, however, is quite 
contrary to the policy of the Mexican 
Government, which is doing all it can to 
induce capital to come in for investment. 
The country is in a stable, settled condi¬ 
tion, and we found every part that we 
visited quite as safe as the more settled 
communities of the United States. The 
politeness and disposition to oblige of 
the humblest of the Mexican people you 
can rely upon invariably, and that is 
more than can be said of the cor¬ 
responding class in more enlightened 
countries. 
This day of our visit to the ruins of 
Davis Hill was very warm, and our 
driver, not having a taste for antiquarian 
research, even in the modest degree pos- 
