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Patzcuaro to Salazar

From Patzcuaro I went by Mex. Nat. R.R. to Toluca where I stopped to secure a letter from the Gov. to the local authorities.

Near Morelia on the way I saw 23 yoke of oxen each with its driver & a wooden plow at work on a field of not over 10 acres. A man on horseback stood at one side overseeing the work.

[[strikethrough]] Toluca v [[/strikethrough]] Passing Lake Quitzco, Mr. Pringle told of the odd [[strikethrough]] corn [[/strikethrough]] species of corn peculiar to that locality, Zea canina or the "mais coyote" of the residents. The corn grows commonly about the foothills near Querendaro & even mixes in the field with the common