Venustiano Carranza had established headquarters at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz (Piedras Negras) across the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass, Tex.

The provincial government established and maintained an experimental station at Rio Piedras, for the purpose of promoting a technical knowledge of the native soil-products; and the results of this step have proved invaluable.

Llegaron los mozos que venían en su seguimiento, y la cumbre se coronó de gentes, éstos con piedras en las manos, aquellos con garrotes, los de más allá con cuchillos.

El río, que desde las musgosas rocas donde tenía su nacimiento venía siguiendo las sinuosidades del Moncayo á entrar en la cañada por una vertiente, deslizábase desde allí bañando el pie de los sauces que sombreaban su orilla, ó jugueteando con alegre murmullo entre las piedras rodadas del monte hasta caer en una hondura próxima al lugar que servía de escondrijo al montero.

Millones de chispas de luz rojas y azules, verdes y amarillas, volteaban alrededor de las piedras como un torbellino de átomos de fuego, como una vertiginosa ronda de esos espíritus de las llamas que fascinan

Y si lo verá ... porque es humilde como las piedras de la calle, que se dejan pisar de todo el mundo....

piedra, f., stone, rock.

" [Footnote 1: Alfredo Chavero, La Piedra del Sol, in the Anales del Museo Nacional de Mexico, Tom. II, p. 247.]

[Footnote 1: Alfredo Chavero, La Piedra del Sol, in the Anales del Museo Nacional, Tom.

[Footnote 3: "Al pié de aquella misma torre estaba un cercado de piedra y cal, muy bien lucido y almenado, en medio del cual habia una cruz de cal tan alta como diez palmos, á la cual tenian y adoraban por dios de la lluvia, porque quando

Atravesamos el arroyo sobre piedras.

Half a mile beyond the ford we came to the Villa de San Antonio, a considerable place, and, next to the capital itself and the town of Las Piedras, the largest in the plain.

The title of the work he wrote upon this notion was as follows: Fenix del Occidente San Thomas Apóstol, hallado con el nombre de Quetzalcoatl entre las cenizas de antiguas tradiciones, conservadas en piedras, en Teoamoxtles Tultecas, y en cantares Teochichimecas y Mexicanos.

The rivers of Bayamón and Rio Piedras flow into the harbor of the capital, and are also navigable for boats.

The rivers of Bayamo and Rio Piedras flow into the harbor of the capital, and are also navigable for boats.

The rivers emptying on the north coast are Loisa, Aguas Prietas, Arecibo, Bayamon, Camuy, Cedros, Grande, Guajaraca de la Tuna, Lesayas, Loquillo, Manati, Rio Piedras, Sabana, San Martin, Sibuco, Toa, and Vega.

From Fajardo to the capital, through the towns of Luquillo, Loisa, and Rio Piedras, the road is tolerably good for persons on horseback as far as Rio Piedras, and from thence to the city of San Juan, a distance of 2 leagues, is an excellent carriage road, made by the order and under the inspection of the Captain-General, part of it through a mangrove swamp.

From Fajardo to the capital, through the towns of Luquillo, Loisa, and Rio Piedras, the road is tolerably good for persons on horseback as far as Rio Piedras, and from thence to the city of San Juan, a distance of 2 leagues, is an excellent carriage road, made by the order and under the inspection of the Captain-General, part of it through a mangrove swamp.

Over the river Loisa is a handsome wooden bridge, and on the road near Rio Piedras is a handsome stone one over a deep rivulet.

Distances along the line are: Rio Piedras, 11 Caguas, 25; to Cayei, 21; Aybonito, 20; Coamo, 18; Juana Diaz, 20; to Ponce, 13; and to the shore, 3.

(3) Rio Piedras to Mameyes, 36 kilometers; from Rio Piedras to Carolina, 12; to Rio Grande, 19; to Mameyes, 5. (4) Cayei to Arroyo, 35 kilometers; from Cayei to Guayama, 25; to Arroyo, 8; from San Juan to Arroyo, via Cayei, is 95 kilometers.

(3) Rio Piedras to Mameyes, 36 kilometers; from Rio Piedras to Carolina, 12; to Rio Grande, 19; to Mameyes, 5. (4) Cayei to Arroyo, 35 kilometers; from Cayei to Guayama, 25; to Arroyo, 8; from San Juan to Arroyo, via Cayei, is 95 kilometers.

Of this railroad the following parts have been completed: San Juan, along the coast through Rio Piedras, Bayamon, Dorado, Arecibo, and Hatillo, to Camuy; Aguadilla, through Aguado, Rincon, Anasco, and Mayaguez, to Hornigueros.

The following are the railways of 1-meter gauge: (1) San Juan to Rio Piedras, 11 kilometers.

By the side of this bridge is one for the railroad and one for the tramway which follows the main military highway to Rio Piedras.