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CHAPTER II.
BOUNDARIES OF VERA CRUZ — RIVERS, LAGUNES, MINERAL SPRINGS, POPULATION, POLITICAL DIVISIONS, PRODUCTIONS, CATTLE, CITIES, TOWNS. — VERA CRUZ — ITS DISEASES — METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT — WATER FALLEN AT VERA CRUZ. — ORIZABA — ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN — MAGNIFICENT VIEWS — DIFFICULTIES — THE CRATER EXTINCT — ELEVATION OF THE MOUNTAIN — DESCENT. — ANTIQUITIES IN THE STATE OF VERA CRUZ — RUINS AT PANUCO, CHACUACO, SAN NICOLAS, LA TRINIDAD — SMALL FIGURES. — PAPANTLA — DESCRIPTION OF THE PYRAMID. — RUINS AT MAPILCA — PYRAMID AND TEMPLE AT TUSAPAN — ISLE OF SACRIFICIOS — MISANTLA — REMAINS NEAR PUENTE NACIONAL. — TAMAULIPAS — BOUNDARIES, RIVERS, LAGUNES, CLIMATE, POPULATION, PRODUCTIONS, TOWNS. — ANTIQUITIES OF TAMAULIPAS — TOPILA — RANCHO DE LAS PIEDRAS — SCULPTURE — REMAINS, ETC., ETC.
THE STATE OF VERA CRUZ.
PLAZA OF VERA CRUZ.
The State of Vera Cruz lies under the burning sky of the tropics between 17° 85' and 22° 17' of north latitude; and 96° 46' and 101° 21' west longitude from Paris. It is comprised within a long but somewhat narrow strip of territory along the Gulf of Mexico, running from the mouth of the Tampico river, in the north, to the
