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The only corn to be had in San Luis, as in most of central Mexico, is such as is brought in from the US.

From San Luis I went out to La Parada an Hda. some 20 m. N.W. of the city where I passed a week & secured a series of desert mammals & birds very similar in general character to the desert species of the S.W. U.S. Larrhea mexicana, Artemisia mex-Prosopis juliflora, Agave americana, an Acacia & various cacti & other desert plants characterized the arid barren region as a part of the central desert. Wherever water can be utilized for irrigation, the soil shows great potential. In some of the dry land the mescal is grown extensively & also up & down in the valley about San Luis it is the main crop although corn wheat & beans are also grown.

San Luis is situated in a N. & S. valley from 10 to 20 m. across extending almost across the state. In its early history it was the city of mining weath [[wealth]] but the ancient mines have been abandoned so long that they have caved in & are