also for its Mexican drawn-work, which is in great demand by lady travelers.

21st day. Zacatecas (seventy-five miles by rail from Aguas Calientes), 8,044 feet above sea-level, celebrated for the enormous output of silver from the mines in its vicinity. It is an interesting old-world place. A short distance from the city is Guadalupe, best known for its splendid cathedral. Travelers wishing to return to the United States by Eagle Pass had better avail themselves of the through sleeping-car from Zacatecas to St. Louis via Torreon, Eagle Pass and San Antonio (time about sixty-eight hours).

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22d day. Chihuahua (561 miles from Zacatecas by rail), the capital of the state of the same name; with a population of 30,000, and the center of an immense stock-raising and mineral-producing district. The cathedral, a magnificent structure, was built from the proceeds of a special tax levied upon the product of the famous Santa Eulalia silver mine, which is located about fifteen miles south of the city. The city is also noted as the place where Hidalgo, the father of Mexican independence, was shot in 1811. It was also bombarded in 1866 by the French. Travelers wishing to proceed to California, or to the Grand Cañon of Arizona, travel via El Paso and the Southern Pacific Railroad, or by the Santa Fé route.

A Month's Voyage to Cuba and Mexico.

1st day. Leave New York by Ward Line steamer via Nassau, for Santiago de Cuba, a voyage of nine

days.

5th day. Arrive Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, one of the most popular West India

winter resorts, with magnificent hotels, drives and the best of sea bathing.

9th day. Arrive Santiago de Cuba, the oldest city in the West Indies, having been founded by Velasquez in 1514. The principal interest, however, is centered in the harbor, of which the entrance is only six hundred yards wide, flanked by frowning precipices crowned with forts, which protected the Spanish Admiral Cervera from Admiral Sampson's blockading fleet. Across this entrance Lieutenant Hobson performed the heroic act of sinking the "Merrimac," but brave Cervera refused to be shut in, and, like a true sailor, came out to fight and to meet certain defeat. Back of the city is San Juan Hill, scene of the only field fight of consequence in the SpanishAmerican war of 1898.

10th day. Leave Santiago by rail for Havana, a distance of 540 miles (time, twenty-five hours). This journey will give the traveler a good idea of one of the most fertile countries in the world, the line passing through forests of mahogany, cedar, lignum-vitæ, ebony and other hardwood trees. The parana and guinea grasses, covering most of the open spaces and standing from six to twelve feet high, testify to the wonderful fertility of the soil.

11th day. At Havana, the Paris of the West Indies, and, 12th "thanks to American enterprise in recent scien13th tific sanitary work, now one of the healthiest 14th cities in the world. In the Cathedral once reposed the remains of Columbus. The streets, shops and theaters are thronged with a cosmopolitan populace. The harbor is of special interest to Americans as being the scene of the blowing up of the U.S. battleship "Maine," early in 1898.

15th day. Leave Havana by steamer for Vera Cruz, stopping at Progreso en route.

17th day. Arrive Progreso, Yucatan. The steamer stops here from six to twenty-four hours, according to the amount of cargo to be landed or taken on. If the detention approaches a whole day (and it sometimes does), the traveler has time to take rail to the capital, Merida, twenty-six miles distant, and see something of the Mayan ruins.

19th day. Arrive at Vera Cruz, Mexico, the "city of the true cross," the first Spanish city in America, founded by Cortez, and now a thriving commercial city of 30,000 inhabitants.

20th day. Leave Vera Cruz for the City of Mexico by the Mexican Railroad, via Orizaba and Cordoba (distance 339 miles, time fourteen hours). This is one of the finest railroad rides in the world, ascending a grade of over 7,000 feet to the Mexican Plateau and affording magnificent mountain views, the line passing within a few miles of Mount Orizaba.

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21st day. In the City of Mexico, one of the most magnifi22d cently situated cities in the world, at an altitude 23d of 7,350 feet above sea-level. Population, 370,24th ooo. From the towers of the Cathedral nearly 25th " 200 feet high, a grand view of the valley is enjoyed, including the snow-capped peaks of the extinct volcanoes, Popocatepetl and Ixtacci= huatl. The Cathedral is one of the noblest and most sumptuously decorated of the churches on this continent. Other sights are the Castle of Chapultepec, Guadalupe, the Floating Gardens,

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A two days' excursion should be taken by rail to Cortez's old summer palace at Cuernavaca, one of the most delightful spots in the country.

28th day. Leave Mexico City for Pueblo, 129 miles, six hours by rail.

29th day. Pueblo, founded in 1531 by the Spaniards, to-day ranks fourth city in the republic, with a population of about 40,000, although still preserving many of its old Spanish characteristics. The Cathedral is richly adorned with onyx, and has many fine paintings. About six miles out by tram is the famous pyramid of Cholula. On the summit is a church, dedicated to the Virgin. The view includes Popocatepetl (17,780 feet), Ixtaccihuatl (16,060 feet) and Orizaba (18,314 feet). Travelers wishing to visit the interesting ruins of Mitla proceed to the ancient city of Oaxaca, twelve hours by rail, thence five hours by stage. At least four days should be allowed for the trip. This will, of course, shorten the stay in the City of Mexico.

30th day. Leave Pueblo by morning train for Vera Cruz, via Oriental and Jalapa. The women of Jalapa are notable for their beauty.

31st day. Leave Vera Cruz for New York by steamer, via Progreso and Havana.

33d day. Arrive Progreso.

36th day. Arrive Havana.

39th day. Arrive New York. Travelers not pressed for time would do well to stop over at Havana for two or three days and take one of the large local Ward Line boats from Havana to New York.

INCLUDING BRAZIL, URUGUAY, ARGENTINE, THE TRANSANDINE RAILROAD, CHILI, BOLIVIA, PERU, ECUADOR AND THE STRAITS OF MAGELLAN.

Pernambuco, the first port made in South America by steamers from the north or east, can be reached in fourteen days from Southampton and about the same from New York. The voyage from England is a particularly beautiful one, stops being made at Vigo, Lisbon, and at either Madeira and St. Vincent, or Teneriffe. The city is situated at the mouth of the Biberibe River, five hundred miles south of the equator, and is protected by a coral reef which extends some four hundred miles along the coast. Opposite Pernambuco it rises six feet above high-water mark, and runs parallel to the front street of the city, at a distance from it of about a third of a mile. A wide opening in the reef at the northern end of the town makes the entrance to the harbor. Ocean steamers have to land their passengers from the open roadstead in small boats, consequently landing is no small matter, both as an experience and in expense. The town is divided in a rather peculiar manner into three distinct parts: Recife, on a narrow peninsula, is the business section; Boa Vista, on the river shore, is the residential quarter; and San Antonio is on an island in the river. All are, however, connected by iron bridges. The house-fronts in the various sections of the town are brilliantly colored, yellow, blue, white and pink. The city is often called the Venice of Brazil, on account of its numerous waterways. The view of the town and harbor to be had from some parts of Olinda is very fine, especially when a storm is raging out at sea, when the breakers dash against the reef, sending the spray fifty feet into the air.