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Show THE CACTI'S FENCE. This is an institution peculiar to Mexico. Ihe vai ie-ry of the pianl used lor this purpose i.s called the or-tano. It is eight-sided, and shoots up as straight as an arrow from ten to twenty-five feet iu height, an 1 rive to ceght inches iu ihickness. d he fence builders cut the cactus into sections of the right lengths. stii-k the cut end into a trench, cover the dirt around it to the depth of a foot, and the fence i- made. The pieces are set as co-ely together a-possible, a-possible, and, as they take root and grow for centuries, ihe fence improves with asto, instead of' going to decay like other fences. Ex. |