We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what was the real state of things in Mexico.
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The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.Edward Burnett Tylor
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.
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There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.
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The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.
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I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
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Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.
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