IETHODIST REVIEW JULY, 18-3. ART. I.- THIE LLELIC OF M xo, eull by the Aztes Mer, and ! nies Cuidos device, i try- late be cast to the Padhe Ocean on the wes. 1 Itsast line on the Fac, rocken ng N miles. Population in اد و ( rable-kend of e zaparaively vlied (ordilleras are merely pients of this od tem, and which rice e le at mean level. Tapi ipal cenar auves in domov- la leones or Le SB tee hic, ad Iz est atl 1,795). 1. is Caltepetl, or the Peak or Orizale, rish of 17.176 feet. Foracely a region of trea v. Mexico's volcanoes are now dying ont "equent and rarely destructive, being 'ings, than form, 198, or shakiɔg. t p d wa "spouts se lom occur, excent là ec the coast. The day ser comprises the mouth. f September Indus ve, and the rainy season exterés ove of the reu de der of the nor The win! Jevation of from 3.090 to 5,000 feet. w-mainly in deeply ent Feds, and ar: 1 avigil. I 31-TIH SERILS, VOL. I. METHODIST REVIEW. JULY, 1885. ART. I.-THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO. MEXICO, called by the Aztecs Mexitli, and by the Spaniards Estados Unidos de Mexico, extends from the Gulf of Mexico on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the west, and from the southern boundary of our own country-latitude 33° north, to the fifteenth parallel, where it abuts on the Central American States. Its coast line on the Pacific, reckoning both sides of the Gulf of California, is over 4,000 miles, and on the Gulf of Mexico 1,600 miles. The total superficial area is about 763,804 square miles. Its population in 1880 was 9,577,279. Geologically, Mexico is a vast table-land of comparatively recent upheaval. Most of the so-called Cordilleras are merely cumbres, or escarpments of this plateau, and which rise only at intervals above its mean level. The principal central cross ridge of mountains culminates in the snow-clad cones of Popocatepetl (17,853 feet high) and Iztaccihuatl (15,795). To the east of these is Citlaltepetl, or the Peak of Orizaba, rising to the altitude of 17,176 feet. Formerly a region of tremendous igneous activity, Mexico's volcanoes are now dying out. Earthquakes are infrequent and rarely destructive, being rather temblores, or tremblings, than terremotos, or shakings. Electric storms and water-spouts seldom occur, except in certain localities on the coast. The dry season comprises the months from June to September inclusive, and the rainy season extends over most of the remainder of the year. The rain-fall is heaviest at an elevation of from 3,000 to 8,000 feet. The rivers are few, flow mainly in deeply cut beds, and are unnavigable. The 31-FIFTH SERIES, VOL. I. |