The Air of this Kingdom is said to be exceeding temperate and healthful, although its greatest Part lyes under the Torrid Zone. […] The inhabitants are said to be long-liv’d, by reason of the extreme healthfulness of the Air, which is altogether…
The Coyoto is one of the most common quadrupeds of Mexico, and the most destructive to the flocks. It invades a sheepfold, and when it cannot find a man to carry off, it seizes a sheep by the neck with its teeth, and coupling with it, and beating it…
When the Natives are swept away by the Plague in vast Numbers, the Europeans usually escape; which we were apt to ascribe to the good liquor we drink, the Natives having scarce any other Beverage than Water. But this cannot be the Reason of escaping…
Sunday 24th, having rode two leagues, we heard mass at the village of Chilpancingo, a convenient place, in the midst of the valleys, so plentiful of Maiz or Indian wheat, that they lay up their harvest in little country houses, or barns, made of wood…
