Identifier: mexicowonderland1909cars (find matches)
Title: Mexico, the wonderland of the South
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Carson, William English, 1870-
Subjects: Mexico -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, The Macmillan company
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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equal those about Guadala-jara; the swift-moving cars, passing through fields of trop-ical vegetation and between hedges of cactus and palms,reach the plain from which there are superb views of thelofty mountains and distant glimpses of the beautifulwhite city. In the village of San Pedro, to which the cars run, manyof the wealthy citizens of Guadalajara have their countryhouses, and some of these are very charming. The famousGuadalajara ware comes from the potteries in this village,which turn out all sorts of water-jars-and bottles in variousbeautiful shapes. They also make little figures represent-ing almost every phase of Mexican life, such as water-carriers, cargadores, mule-drivers, vaqueros or cowboys,colored most cleverly and wonderfully modelled. An in-teresting collection of these can be bought for a few dollars.San Pedro is the home of two Indian sculptors, the Pan-duros, father and son, and at their studio a visitor whowishes to carry away a souvenir of Guadalajara can have
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THE OLD AND NEW. Street-car lines and electric-light posts are here shown in one of the old streetsof Guadalajara. GUADALAJARA THE WONDERFUL 347 his bust or statuette modelled in clay while he waits. Thesestatuettes are wonderfully lifelike and are colored withgreat accuracy. One morning I went out to see the most wonderful ofGuadalajaras local sights, a deep gorge called the barranca,about six miles from the city. This, at some points, hasa depth of nearly three thousand feet, and as climate inMexico depends entirely upon altitude, this freak of natureenables Guadalajara, situated in the temperate zone, tohave the climate and fruits of the tropics only six milesaway, large quantities of bananas, cocoanuts and otherhot-land fruits being grown in the depths of the barranca.In the higher lands adjacent to the city the fruits and vege-tables of temperate lands are grown the year round, so thatthe people of Guadalajara are provided with a bountifulsupply of good things for the table. A sm

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