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Tula
mentioned from this place. Shot a blackbird (Brewer's) this morning. Tula is located in the forks of two streams on low ground It is surrounded by a rolling country covered with fragments of limestone. Northeast of the town are mounds that mark the locality of Old Tula, an important Aztec city. It was here according to tradition that the use of pulque as a beverage was first discovered. The indian who made the discovery sent some of it by his daughter to the king. 

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Tula,
The king liked it and took a fancy to the daughter at the same time.
Today is market day here the people swarm in from the country in all directions with vegetables, fruits, and miscellaneous goods of all kinds to sell. Some of the fruits are bananas, oranges, sweet lemons, limes, these do not grow here but are brought from the "Tierra caliente." The people do not make a business of working on sabbath day but many stores are kept open, some are at work in the fields and it is a favorate day for market

Transcription Notes:
Pulque - the drink