TEPEHUAS AND TOTONACS (1900) Leaving Puebla on the early morning train, and taking the Pachuca branch at Ometusco, we changed cars at Tepa onto the narrow-gauge Hidalgo road for Tulancingo, which took us by a winding course through a great _maguey_ country.

After two hours of riding, in the latter part of which we were within sight of a pretty lakelet, we reached Tulancingo.

Broad avenues, bordered with handsome trees, connected the station with the town, in the _plaza_ of which we shortly found ourselves.

This _plaza_ consists of a large square, planted with trees, with an open space before it, and is surrounded by various shops and the great church.
It is pretentious, but desolate.

In front of the treed space, were temporary booths erected for the carnival, in which _dulces, aguas frescas_, and _cascarones_ were offered for sale.