the property of the United States by the Treaty of Guadalupe, their labors are not of importance in describing the Republic of Mexico as at present bounded. In the last Book of this work, however, which we have devoted to the consideration of California and New Mexico, we shall recur to those brave and scientific explorers of a remote region, so recently a wilderness, but which their labors, and the combined fortune of war and mineral wealth have subdued for the benefit of mankind.
In accordance with the plan proposed in the separate consideration of the several States and Territories of Mexico, we shall divide them into three groups:—those on the eastern or Gulf coast; those on the western or Pacific coast, and those in the interior.
| I.—Eastern or Gulf Coast. | |
|---|---|
| The State of Yucatan. | The State of Vera Cruz. |
| " State of Chiapas. | " State of Tamaulipas. |
| " State of Tabasco. | |
| II.—Western or Pacific Coast. | |
| The State of Oajaca. | The State of Jalisco. |
| " State of Puebla. | " Territory of Colima. |
| " Territory of Tlascala. | " State of Sinaloa. |
| " State of Mexico and Federal District. | " State of Sonora. |
| " State of Guerrero. | |
| The State of Michoacan. | " Territory of L. California. |
| III.—Interior. | |
| The State of Queretaro. | The State of New Leon. |
| " State of Guanajuato. | " State of Coahuila. |
| " State of Zacatecas. | " State of Durango. |
| " State of San Luis Potosi. | " State of Chihuahua. |