| Show SUMMER RESORTS IN MEXICO many hexane go south to find a more equitable climate city of mexico the tropic of cancer the parallel of latitude which marks the dividing line between the temperate and the torrid zones la marked by a large stone monument on the line of the national railroad of mexico which leads from the united states border to this city this monument Is close to the track of the road landmark which marka tropic of cancer and it Is an object of much interest to visitors and tourists it Is miles south of the united states border upon the south side of the monument are the words tropic de cancer and zona Torr lda and upon the north side the words tropico de cancer and zona templado Tem plada the altitude of the region in which thia monument Is situated la so high as to make the climate temperate instead ot torrid the real tropical zone of mexico Is not reached until the high plateau and mountains recede into the low region four or five hundred mile south of where the monument Is placed so marked Is the difference between the climates of the uplands and the territory alone the coasts of the country that when the people of the plateau may be suffering from cold those in the lower country perhaps less than miles away may be sweltering under the heat of a tropical sun there are a number of places within tho torrid zone of mexico which are noted as summer resorts hundreds of people from the united states par texas and other southern states visit these cool spots each sum mer to get away from the heat and discomforts dis comforts of the less lacall ties where they live |
