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If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.

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At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.

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Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he... →

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One step outside the gate, and we are among the sand-hills that stretch for miles and miles round Vera Cruz.

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Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.

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Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.

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Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a... →

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Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one... →

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During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.

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I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.

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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.

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The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.

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There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.

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