Chap. IX. ARRIVAL AT CHIHUAHUA. 341 
region and of the hacienda of Encinillas, — a possession 
which occupies almost the whole space between El Paso 
and Chihuahua, and which, in Europe, would form a 
dukedom. 
We continued our journey along the east shore of the 
lake. On the 23rd of November I hastened forward, with 
Mr. and Mrs. M., to Chihuahua. From our last encamp- 
ment the distance was fifty miles, which we accomplished 
between four in the morning and one in the afternoon ; 
Mr. and Mrs. M. in a carriage, and I, with a servant, on 
horseback. The road passes the buildings of the Eancho 
del Sacramento, — an estate which, during the Mexican 
war, gave its name to an important battle. Arrived in the 
town, I was hospitably received by a German merchant, 
Mr. William Feldman, of Hamburg. 
