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which is scraped into little heaps by the Indians & Mexicans of the vicinity & then leached by a rude process to obtain the salt it contains. 

On a part of this flat stands a large, roofless stone building surrounded by the foundations of other stone structures. 

I was informed that this building had been erected by a Frenchman some years ago who proposed establishing a plant here for the proper [[strikethrough]] treatment [[/strikethrough]] mfg. of salt in an improved manner. The people worked for him until the works were well on toward completion & then for fear that their crude method of saltmaking would be superseded, they assassinated the newcomer and the abandoned works are his monument. 

Near the shore of this lake a mile or so beyond the station of Querendaro in a marshy flat is a serious of dozen or more hot springs from which flow streams of almost