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quite striking & it is evidently a systematic choosing of such men to make a favorable showing for the police force of the capital. Soldiers are on regular guard duty at the entrances of the government buildings & uniforms are to be seen at frequent intervals on the streets.
 
The police and gendarme system of this country is very effective in restoring & preserving public tranquillity. The escape [[strikethrough]] syste [[/strikethrough]] law applied to prisoners of an obnoxious class which is in active force not only serves as a rapid process of weeding out old malefactors but has a salutary influence on would-be criminals. 

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On Sunday morning July I left Mex. City with Mr. Pringle & we stopped over for half a day between trains on the summit station Salazar on ridge west of the City of Mex. This point is about 10000 ft. alt. &