Show CRATER LAKES OF MEXICO alex 0 with all her ron ance anle has never given abroad any description of her ter crater lakes valle de santiago a little town of the state of buana juato I 1 boasts four of the most perfect and ful of such lakes th village t astles imong among 11 craters in the old day the town which Is an ancient one was billed the town of the seven candles for the seven craters which surround it the 11 craters mentioned by scientists tits are not well defined come hav having ing cone up within the others at later per periods lods reat reciting biting in but even well defined hill hills the tour four craters which contain the lakes are all within a few miles of the e city but two la alberca and cintora are w thin eay u walking dl dis tance says the mexican herald la alberca Is one of the to boet loet est of the craters and on one side a portion or the crater v will has fallen away so that tle tl e approach Is very eay half a mile aaros is the low line of the crater wall and down below it Is tl it e greenest of lakes calm a a plate ot of glass the tiny boat which plies the tte lake is on the opp opposite ofte side close below the walls of bailat which rim it these walls which rise nearly a hundred feet above the sur face of the lake are part of the native rock which was blown off like the cork of a bottle when the crater was formed it rles rices sl eer and erect above the lake on every ide the otner crater lake one can visit con leni lenient end is the mintora which is ap reached after a long climb up its I 1 gh sides the lake glistens deep at the bottom with sloping sides covered with g een leading down to it A tiny beach of sand is seen on one side and on this a relied ed mountain hut brings another swiss touch to the scene A background of a towering peak one of 0 the se seven en candles rises a short distance away aid in the great hollo v of the crater crowds of hundreds can be lost and not a murmur bit the echo of ones loice voice from across the era ter nearly a mile away Is heard the cairn calm restfulness of a crater lake Is unlike anyta ing else in the world one finds lakes and solitary pools in forests or mountain mout tain fastnesses and tl ti e calm there is akin to witchery but they are stirred sometimes by passing breezes and the trees will wae wave above in the wind but in a crater lake t ere la Is not a breath that will stir it and even a ter e cast into its bosom creates rip pies tant as though they would be swat lov low e el I 1 ere they are born peace Is a word without a meaning until one lies silent on the slope of t u ich a crater with vi ith such a lake at his feet |