The climate of 
Making Tequila.
San Blas is hot and very unhealthy. There are dense forests of tropical fruit-trees and plants in
the vicinity.
5. From Lagos to Zacatecas; time, 2 days; distance, 141 miles by stage-road.
The diligence is run every day from Lagos northward. The road leads over a fertile plain, where the cereals are raised. Soon the country becomes rolling, and cultivation decreases in going toward Aguascalientes. There is a very sparse population in this region. Passing several hamlets, the diligence enters the city of Aguascalientes, 58 miles from Lagos. (See p. 270.)
AGUASCALIENTES.
Population, 85,000 ; elevation, 6,261 feet, according to Burkart.
Hotels.—Diligencias and Nacional.
Baths on the Alameda, which is reached by horse-cars ; hot baths at 20 and 25 cents.
Places of Interest.—The Cathedral, Plaza de Armas, and the Paseo.
The latter is one of the finest parks in the country. The main line of the Mexican Central Railway will be completed to the city during the current year, and the branch from Tampico to San Luis Potosi will probably be extended to this point. ( Vide p. 238.)
Leaving Aguascalientes, the stage-road traverses a flat country that is barren for the most part. Some Indian
