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Tlalpam (Mexico)

Tlalpam D.F. Mex-

The last of November I rented a couple of rooms at the town of Tlalpam 9 miles south of the city of Mex., at the foot of the mts. of Ajusco and moved out there to work that locality.

The town is located at the border of an extensive lava bed known as the "pedregal". It extends from the volcano of Ajusco down the mt. slope & out upon the plain or valley to the town of San Angel some 10 miles or so. Its surface is extremely rough & broken with deep pits & cracks here & there. Wherever the surface has a little soil,