At Juarez the narrow, shallow Rio Grande, with its bare quicksands, was once more crossed, and the Texas city of El Paso, shadeless and verdureless, was reached. Its population is what would be expected in a frontier town of this region, while an air of crudeness permeates everything. As the vestibule train which had been our home for the past two months crossed the iron bridge, and as we came once more on to the soil of our own country, the American flag on the custom-house station was dipped three times in acknowledgment of our hearty cheers, and to welcome the party on its successful return from a long, but delightful journey through the states of the Mexican republic.



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Transcriber's Note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Typographical errors corrected in the text: Page 8 Teotihuachan changed to Teotihuacan Page 54 Cohahuila changed to Coahuila Page 58 guage changed to gauge Page 107 manana changed to manana Page 180 earthern changed to earthen Page 188 differents changed to different Page 205 cabalero changed to caballero Page 296 word "is" added after "In growth this" Page 322 Cope changed to Cofre Page 322 Peroto changed to Perote Page 335 Gaudalajara changed to Guadalajara

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