Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.
From Edward Burnett Tylor
Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.
The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.
There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.
There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.
Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm.
I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.
Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share.
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