| Show i 4 1 r rP T ronni rM P f fn a t NI NII I TA rA BAS CO A CURIOUS SUCTION 01 OLD OJ Ancient Ruins Found In the th Il lt 2 VIne anti n POP Far Grant tons H on Idol a al t Inn IAn n F lo 2 And Other Evidence of Former 2 nv Ii IN LOii 1011 JU hr t tru I lUt I We t euro fl located In itt II Tabasco Tallo one of or the Independent states mutt of t Mexico texico situated b Ilow below low th tue Ihl of o Tehuantepec p c anti and andon an on nit 01 th the east el Md side II tx bordering time the lulf of ut Mexico Title hll state Ulle Is I 1 one of ot th lh time most ot level i tumid nd time the one Olt that contain th the moil most water waterway way nay a leer For I or a 5 1 hundred hll nt miles Inland from the gulf MuIr the he land does Ilos not nOI rIse fw rr feet feel above more than a 1 W sea lef level leel Title condition In II a I country whir where nature does dos not stint her Item rain rainfall rall tall fall RI naturally can causes caUle new many la Ia Kons those and riven rhel Tabasco has hUM nil all Ill of ot A H from lOn Yucatan where timers there Is Ia Ii little rein rain and no streams or ponds ponde having visited bICO was WIll nuked ached to 10 draw a n map 1111 Itoh of at th the country Hu lie HI outlined the tho state then Ihen the paper with Ink leaving a few white and streaks streak What are le those thos thol white whit asked his surprised ed friends friend They are ue to 10 represent water waler woo WIl the tho reply relI And the Ihl black places pIle They represent mud lud ludIn In a n measure th this g map mAl represent Tabasco today loel for or we are lre In Inthe th time the midst of ot tho tim rainy but w and dusty have dryer dror weather even roads In itt II April Irl anti and May II Stilt w we are than week between never leer longer u mm showers howers or rain storms TlC lOn ST There are Ir too to certain lands called that Ihal never neer become leole muddy lull These rh lu are the grassy plan lan and fur tur furnish nish the hue beet best land lall for Cor cattle cuttle Pasture pastur They form Corm tIme the tobacco belt ll saul nd I 1 am Informed that the hits strongest tobacco In the world la is II grown here Tim soil 11 Ut of the whole state tate Is I thickly wooded wod except ox In it this the anti and unc wh n the Ih hand hant of or man loan 11 has hl cleared the trees IrMI a sitty y Thaw h 1 ln forests are ar grand beyond description There mate fh mateare I Iare are vine forming a 1 network front from tree lr tu to II tree tre of ot all RI descriptions description this the trunks timid brunches of ot time forest ferns Ins emits of or varied forms wherever a 1 tooting place Is III found more moore than I ii i doxen varieties of ot palms from mont the short thin trunk covered with wih tint Hut lt as 1 sharp harp as mis n nee needle lles to In the royal polio rr nr palm 11 real rell with wih its M smooth trunk and ostrIch feather leaves vel Then there Chitre are ar th the ce cedar C cedar dar tool and mahogany and rosewood fol fur f it commerce thAt list hUM lumis brought to 10 the tropics untold millions of ot money A THAT rAT DEATH And Amid AlI lastly ul n a I thousand other oIlier but b trees treel of or SIPS Is iii I tin the gil lit Mit Itt Ir or ir hits Hilt brains 11 us a 1 Sin ini In and util In itt II Its II t 1 II Years war nude needs n n not her tree tr for lor support but bUI this Ihl tree tre I I is doomed Its ni day drys are 1 numbered for rO or the tl Mate MI Soon toon In throw out branch that gradual gradually ly Ir I encircle thu other tree 1 tIghter and tighter thicker and anI until there I is a ii I tree I of o a tree Ily liy Ilythe ly lythi the thi tIme the Mate la ii I able to 10 stand standalone alone atomic Its It support is II dead hut haut I ml It I con coil continue tuttle growing until It become one ono of or the his tarred lamel ur of the forest CorI CorITo To a who loves love 10 nature and amid delIghts delight In itt lella her In Id her imer latency Infancy a rIde rida through otis one of or th forests to 1111 thought though fraught with om danger can r la lie II intensely II 11 lei The rIme chief liver in Tabasco Tabaco Is la the time OH lii 11 jalva or In II Its IR the Chiapas I It rises In drain drains the west well western ern era slope of ot the stats stal tae of at Claps passes through the mountains drain drains tIme tho Ih east eastern el l ler ern ermi er slope stud and empties Into Inlo the Gulf ot of Mexico It I Is II navigable for 10 milt Inland The This next net most Important Is III the tho or river th Ih time most tor toN tortuous luaus In America It 1 has ha ha bl i CUI w wrent rent remit relt and Ind furnishes thus a mu good lod water waterway nl r way say for stimuli small steamers Its Ito II head i iten ten lets pas imos the property San Ban Sai Fn J r nando amid J IU The San Man Tana Tant Tall river Is III another excellent waterway for or 10 30 J miles Inland running southward front from the Sun Semi Tana Taita bar Ir A hundred smaller stream branch off oft from Cram these there Ihl 1 larger larler ones forming lakes lake Ilk amid lagoons li goon which render canoe PoSsible In all II parts plula of or th time state limit Hut lut the state Itale lute hui also alo an ell cal Interest r tire ro found mounds of or tt various slice else be and shapes shape evidences evidence of or ancient Inhabitant Not NOl NOlon only on I In iti the that lower louver place Iliac where one might suppose the mounds mound had been thrown up uli n 8 tie a I protection against but hUI they the are seen Hn a 1 as well 11 lii n tIme the high lands of or the Iho Savans for forests or octet ests eI Sonic Some or of them are arc re W 50 I fe feet t high tumid and covet corer a half acre lne of or a land some petite mc are lr circular form and evidently were Intended us as II fort flirt One of at these thet thel on 01 oi the road rad to 10 AI lenal beati to 10 the Iha shape of or the time great of or Copan In itt though thought not a it tenth part so J large This The main huh hill hi It is I about 75 5 feet rPt high Some HOle ar nr are formed by u ho Iwo parallel hils from memo 60 50 5 feet fett to 10 10 feet long and a rod or more moore apart In place plc 1 n It dOln or more moors of or these mounds lound are found done close Ol together but mostly 1111 they are lire separated Hut ut little work by h 1 way 8 of oC excava tion lion has hM nv ever fr r been I n done in these mOnd but hut I am inn Rt told lold by h an nn old ohl reel dent tnt that 1 a I number of years yean ago Igo a I small and greatly IIRI worn copper ax IX was wasfi fund fi itt III n om ott 1101 somi ou articles of or hou utility such as I alia H fm ni III ii i n i ih iii h hI ix i In is I mm tutu in 11 ih I hi tin inn i u n it in iti il til rh tit II t of IC S li V x I HIM tt l or If r hUI hul dOllt this t Im is Is lie an 81 I ii teral I oem and fruitful fru it ii I fl ft ll 0 for lea the tho I II hi of ll Not Yot far Mi from trl h he run and really on nit ni thi tIm Ih tuttle sum Ilme strip of or lov IV level l laud though In lo located 30 OO feet reet up ulI hv the side sidi Idl nf of he moun mountain moul lain tain overlooking the low land hands Is I tutu I ruins of itt h kh It I will wi be b remembered M were ra visited by b the H y T academy party Hero here without doubt wit the from which wElch were Werf governed 1005 1 cities and ant tow u covering thee land Ild The mound lound show nut lul when n it I hUl stood but wK r a R town tOWI village or a city et surrounding the built on the mound ANCIENT IDOLS Another Interesting feature Is III soum Idol found rear ho the Ihl Stilt Han H rf mh In ho the Ihl deep dep west 1111 There Are lue no ito 11 rock racks k within 50 6 of or the place pities but butt buta a ft stout Idol weighing a em hulf C ton tOi oc om more mom 1101 WOK wal found by actor nomo hunter hunte partly In II It III lIt t mud With effort lorl It tt I wits MUI w on Oi sleds to Il the Nan Sait F house It I now lion gUards the Ihl trout front d door and Ind startles lio im tIC ll ho hI steps upon the lb Ih perth Il it 1 n a mu In itt mu nun n ur Hl His IK head Is us its 11 large HS Its II the rest mst ii of or his hil body bod HH ills II bands art aro ar In tim II rotI t his hili hi knera nu iii doubled against the IIII body ody with thi thu feet nut flit nuton fliton on the tho floor The jh IIII I is II nf ot the lii crudest kind and wits WitH the lilt work of n a I people po le of I how n i In lit Ina Ina lita a insecure this hint I VI rl i tho those tak on in from frum the mound ne tr I he the i Ity of lit though the he I on cit the Utter latter IN is ur tf f M it thin 1101 i ill Jit |
