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| Labor, scarcity of, in Mexico, 144. |
| Lamp, kerosene, story of a, 232. |
| Land, discrimination against American ownership of, 119. |
| Land speculations on the border, 209. |
| Land-owners of Mexico, 186. |
| Land-titles of Mexico, 116. |
| Lands, public, of Mexico, prices of, 209. |
| Language of Mexico, 94. |
| Spanish, an obstacle to commerce, 94. |
| Laws, complicated system in Mexico, 175. |
| Leather industry of Mexico, 138. |
| "Leperos" of Mexico, 93. |
| Lerdo de Tejada, former President of Mexico, 10. |
| Life, material and spiritual poverty of, 95. |
| Living, cost of, in Mexico, 183. |
| "Locomotive," effect of first appearance, 230. |
| Machinery, labor-saving, little used in Mexico, 133. |
| Manufactures of Mexico, 133. |
| restriction of, under Spanish rule, 64. |
| Maximilian, Emperor, character and fate, 78, 79. |
| court ceremonials of, 79. |
| Mayas, civilization of, 48. |
| Mechanics, obstacles to the immigration of, 170. |
| Merchants, American, peculiarities of, 239. |
| German, characteristics of, 241. |
| German, in Mexico, 240. |
| "Mestizos," of Mexico, 93. |
| Metals, precious, abnormal export of, 191. |
| product of Mexico, 159. |
| Methodist missions in Mexico, 88, 90. |
| Mexican Military School, National, 104. |
| Mexico, area of, 49. |
| artificial conditions to which it has been subject, 114. |
| border States of, 47. |
| chronic revolutions of, 69. |
| Constitution of, 106. |
| dryness of climate, 48. |
| essential attractions of, 158. |
| French invasion of, 75. |
| geographical configuration of, 46. |
| Government, since 1821, 69. |
| history of, 50. |
| imports and exports of, 190. |
| Military School, 104. |
| Northern, land value in, 122. |
| plateau of, 40. |
| popular ignorance concerning, 14, 39. |
| population of, 48. |
| poverty of the country, 39. |
| recent progress of, 220. |
| sanitary condition of, 203. |
| small annual production of, 182. |
| States of, 49. |
| stone age of, 52. |
| unexplored portions of, 14. |
| what she buys and sells, 247. |
| Middle classes, absence of, in Mexico, 186. |
| Mills, cotton, in Mexico, description of, 153. |
| Miners, wages of, in Mexico, 141. |
