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Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)

CHAPTER XII
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His predilection for her tribe was also attested by his dress, which was exactly like that worn by the natives.

He had a dark, almost swarthy complexion, but otherwise he did not resemble an Indian.

His big; stomach and short arms and legs betrayed his real race, and contrasted strangely with the slender limbs and graceful movements of the Tarahumares.
Near Nonoava I photographed a magnificent fig-tree of the kind called _beyota_, the fruit of which is appreciated even by the Mexicans.

It was 116 feet across, and the leaves, as in other trees of the species, were very small.

There are larger trees of this kind to be found, but they are rare.


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