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Show Al?PE~DJX TO l'AHT lH. tnst a nrl San P aub1a fl'om the w£' c;t, where we st ruck the Concho~ It appeared to be ne:Hly "" large ns the Hio dtl Nortr at the Pnsso. The Hio San l'aubla is the lnr ~cs t weste rn branch of the Conchas, and Lends in ~8° so' N. latitude and e mptie') in tr> the latter at ll.tkino<l. Its whole course is about 150 mil s: in stun ncr it is nc.·rly dry, and in the ruiny seasons impns.:;ablc. Tile Hio Floridu take c; its rise in latitude 26 1-2 N. and aftct· a cottt·se of nbout 150 miks, discltat·g-cs itself in to the Conchos. G wxcquillo i'> situntr<l on its ca "t hall k about its ce ntre. The Hio ~n ss.t s is in pal'l the line between Biscay and C'og· q.uill a : it runs north nnu sin ks itt the Jako dn Cayntan ; it is nearly dry in the clry seasons. h 11l nl 80mt' seasons it is impassable. l.akrs.-Lac du Cayma11 and lac du Parras nrc two small IakeR, situated at the foot of the mountains and arc full of fi sh. A nimal.,, it1 Srct~ , b'c.-Thcrc are some few hcat·s, deer, and \vile! horse s, but they arc not in abundance. The scorpions of Du· tango arc one or the most l't'lllal'kablc instances or the physical effects or climate 01' air th at I CYCI' Si'\W rccorcle cl. They CUlliC out of the walls and crevices in May, and continue abottt a fortnight in such numbers that the inhabitants ncvct· walk jn their houses nftct· clark without a lig-ht, and always shift ot· examine the bed· clothes ancl beat the cmtains previon to going to bed, after which the curtains nrc seemed under the bed, similar to the precautions we take with out· musquito curtains. 'l'hc bite of those scorpions has been known to prove mortal in two hours. The ~nost extraor· din.try circumstance is that by taking them ten leagues from Dlll·an· go, they become perfectly harmless and lose all thcit· vcncmous qualities. Quet·y, Docs it arise from a change of air, sustenance, or what other cause ? Pojtulation and C!drf T o'1uns.-Thc population of Uiscay may be estimated at 200,000: of these tht·cc -twcntieths may be Spani· nrds from EUt·ope, five-twentieths Creoles, five-twentieths Mctifs and Quatroons, and seven-twentieths Indians. Durang-o was founded in 1550. It is the principal city, the scat of govcrnntent fot· the province of Uiscay and of the bishopric!<. of Durango. Its popnla· tion may be estimated at 40,000 souls. It is situated in 25° N. latitudeand 107° \V.Iongituclc. . Pallalcin, situated somcwhct·c at the foot of the Sierra Madna, is supposctl to contain 25,000 souls. Chihuahua, the place of residence of the commm1dant gcncr~ l of the internal provinces, was founded in 1691, is situated in 29° N. latitude, 107° 30' \V. longitude. Its population lllay beestimated at 7,000. It is an oblong square, on the cast side of a small AJ)I,E~DIX TO 1' .. \ RT HI. Mrcam wl1ich discha rg-es itself into the ri vcr Concho On it!! sollth extremi ty is a small but clc~ant church. In the pnLiic s<; uare stands the principa l chu rch, royal trt:astll y, to\\ n-lwusc, and the richest shops. At the west ' I'll cxtt·e n1il) is anoth<.:t' rhmch for [he mili tary, a supnb hospital, bc longi nf~ for merly to the J esui ts' pos· ~ession s, the Cll\ll'Ch or the monks ot ~ t. l 'rallcis, ~I. Domi ng-o, the military ncaclcmy, and qnancl del tropn. On the nc I)JH,·c~t were two ot· three nt issions vc1·y hancbomcly , ituatcd on :.t stwd l stream which COtllC'S ill from the WC~l. About Olle mile to the SOi lliJ of the town is a la t·~;c aqueduct which conveys the water round it, to the east into the 111 ain strcan t below the tow n, in the r C'ntre of which i~ raised a resen ·oir fo1· the wate r, from whence it is to ue conducted by pipes to the cliflc rcn t parts of the ci ty, and in the public square is to be a fountain and jr•t d 'mu, which will be both ornamental anti useful. The principal chmch a t Ch ihuahua \'r'as the most superb building- we saw in New Spain. Jts whole front was covered with stntues of th apostles and the dill'c\·cnt saints, set in nich es of the wnll, and the windo\\' s, doors, &c. ornam cmcd with scnlptn re. I ncvct· was within the doors, but was informed by Robinson that the decorations wet·c immensely rich. Some men, whom we suprosccl entitled to c redit, itdormed ns that the church was built by a tax of 12 1-2 cents laid on eac h ingot of gold or silver taken out of the mines in the vicini ty in - yc~ws. Its cost, with dccomtions, was I,soo,ooo dollars, and when it was finish ed there remained 30o,ooo dollars of the fund unappropri ated. At the south side of Chi huahua is the public walk, formed by three rows of tt·ces whose bt·ancbcs nearly entwined over the heads of the passengers below. At different distances there arc scats fol' persons to repose themselves on. At each end of the walks there were eit·cular scats, on which, in the evening, the company collected and amused them. selves with the g ui tar, songs iu Spanish, Italian, and French, adapted to the volupt110ns manners of the country. In this city, as Well as all others of any consideration, thet·e arc patroles of soldiers during the ni~ht. who stop every person at 9 o'clock and examine them. My countersign was "Americans." Trade, Conwwrce, and fllanufactur es.-lliscay trades with North Mexico, Senora, and the vice-royalty, from the latter of which they bring on mules all their dt·y goods, European fumiture, books, ammunition, &c. They furnish a g reat quantity of horses, mules, sheep, beeves, goats, &c. to t!lc parts of the kingdom which arc more populous and have less spare P,Tound for rasturagc, &c. Some persons make large fortnncs uy being the carriers from Mexico to |