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Title: Where to spend the winter months. A birdseye view of a trip to Mexico, via Havana
Year: 1880 (1880s)
Authors: Wineburgh, M. (Michael)
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Publisher: New York, M. Wineburgh & co.
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plow their indolent way to the capital; for fivehundred years it has served as a conduit to feed the population of Mexicocity. On it the boats are propelled by hand ; we see flat boats loaded withtruck, fruits, hay and oats, pleasure boats well patronized ply the waters, it isalmost a Venice. These canals have villages along tlieir banks, some of whichrise to the dignity of the towns. Among the curiosities peculiar to Mexico, the Floating Gardens are notthe least interesting, these singular formations of ground that float in thecanals at irregular intervals form truckgardens, which yield vegetables andfruit the year around ; of course the perfect irrigation of these gardensneed not be questioned. The statue of the graceful Montezuma is still in the quarries, but asthe Aztecs are not yet extinct, and in view of the fact that the last Presidentwas a pure Aztec, as are many of the present leaders in Mexico, we mayhope to see even at this late day a statue to that renowned monarch. It is
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45 safe to say that few persons will in that case he able to criticise the likeness.After we have seen Mexico, a visit to some of the principal cities in itsvicinity will be found very interesting and without which one can never knowwhat Mexico or its people are. The first place to visit, will be CUERNVACA^ situated from Mexico city in a south easterly direction ; we take the stagecoach, which leaves every day li-om the Hotel Itiirbide in the rear court yard.This city is a perfect garden of Eden ; the distance is short and the ride willbe found full of sights; elegant residences appear on the roadside, and we cansee the house which was once the resort of Carlotta and Maximilian, andalthough in decay is still full of rare luxuries. Vistas and trees and bowersand flowers, bananas, cocoa and other palms, oranges, lemons, mangos, coffeeand all manner of precious fruits abound. Cuernvaca can boast of one of thelargest and most interesting market places in Mexico, where may be hadfruit of e

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