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Tula.

Every village has a day each week usually Sat. or Sun. A fine species of ash grows here, they have been planted along streets & in yards & a fine row borders the road to Pachuca as far as the bridge across the stream near town, the foliage is very dense & of a vivid green. The main trunk runs up to a height of 12 or 15 ft. from the ground and is then lost in the branches which shoot up & form an umbrella like top.
I set some more gopher traps today and will have out

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Tula. 

no others this evening as we will probably leave tomorrow for Pachuca.
Tula was the famous capital of the Toltec empire. They called it Tollan from Tollin = a reed on the "Cerro de Tison" near town are ruins of the ancient city. As I have before stated it was here that the use of pulque was discovered. Zochith the daughter of a king induces prince to fall in love with & marry her. The town now contains about 6000 people. It is situated on the Moctezuma