Aia kahi puke liʻiliʻi i kākau ʻia i ka makahiki 1868 e ka mea pena ʻItalia ʻo Eugenio Landesio: Huakaʻi hele i ke ana o Cacahuamilpa a piʻi i ka lua o Popocatépetl. Ua make ʻo ia ma Palisa i ka makahiki 1879.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ma Roma, he mau ʻōpio kā Landesio e hele mai ana e kūlike iā ia a ʻo kekahi e ʻoi aku iā ia. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo José María Velasco.
No ke kipa ʻana i nā ana o Cacahuamilpa, ua hana ʻo Landesio a me kāna mau hoa i ka hana i hāʻawi ʻia i ka lawelawe mai ke kapena a hiki i Cuernavaca a mai laila aku ua hoʻomau lākou i ka lio: o Nativitas a me ka Hacienda de los Portales; Ma hope o ka muliwai o Churubusco, kahi a mākou i ʻike maloʻo loa ai, hele mākou i nā kaona o kēia inoa. A laila haʻalele mākou i ke ala pololei, a hoʻouka i ka hema, hele mākou i mua o nā waiwai o San Antonio a me Coapa. A laila, ma kahi alahaka haʻahaʻa loa, hala mākou i ke kahawai ʻo Tlalpan, a hiki koke mākou i Tepepan, kahi i hoʻololi ai i kā mākou lio a ʻaina kakahiaka ”.
I nā ana o Cacahuamilpa, ua "piʻi aʻe nā alakaʻi ma ʻō a ma ʻaneʻi, ma nā kihi ʻoiʻoi o kēlā mau paia e like me nā kolo, e wāwahi a hoʻopaʻa ana i nā concretions, e kūʻai aku iā mākou iā mākou ke haʻalele ... ʻO ka mea liʻiliʻi aʻu i huakaʻi ai, hoihoi loa ia, aia i stalactites ʻo ia i ke kau ʻana mai nā waihona i hana i nā nūhou nunui o nā ʻano like ʻole a capricious; ʻo nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, e hoʻomāhuahua ana i nā paia me nā kaha kiʻi keu, hāʻawi i nā manaʻo o nā kumu a me nā aʻa, i kekahi manawa e hui pū e hana i kahi kino maʻamau me nā stalagmites. I kekahi mau ʻāpana, piʻi aʻe nā stalagmite nunui e like me nā hale kiaʻi, a me nā pyramid a me nā cone, hana ʻia a pau i ke kinikini keʻokeʻo; i nā mea humuhumu ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui i ka papahele; hoʻohālike i nā poʻe i nā kumu o nā lāʻau a me nā mea kanu lau nahele. i kekahi poʻe, hōʻike mai lākou iā mākou i nā hiʻohiʻona ipukukui "
"A laila hōʻea ʻoe i ka Halelu o ka poʻe make, nona ka inoa ma muli o ke kino kupapaʻu o kahi kanaka olohelohe i loaʻa ma laila, me kā kāna ʻīlio kokoke iā ia; a ke hōʻoia nei lākou ua pau mua kāna mau koʻi lipi, ua puhi ʻo ia i kona kapa i mea e mālamalama hou ai a puka i waho o ke ana; akā ʻaʻole lawa. He aha kou makemake? He mea ʻeha ʻo ia i ka pouli.
E like me ka luakini o Luxor ma ʻAigupita Luna, i loko o kēia pūʻiwa kūlohelohe i ʻike ʻia ai nā pūlima a ka poʻe malihini kipa, kaulana kekahi: “Heʻeleʻele ka pā o nā paia, he smudge ia, a lākou i hoʻohana ai e kākau, e wili ana me ka piko o ka pahi, nā inoa he nui, i waena o ua mau hoaaloha nei aʻu i ʻike ai ʻo Vilar lāua ʻo Clavé. Ua ʻike pū kekahi wau no ka Emepela Carlota a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. "
Hoʻi i Mexico City, ua lawe hou ʻo Landesio a me kāna mau hoa hele i ka stagecoach mai Cuernavaca a i ke kapitala, akā ua ʻaihue ʻia ma mua koke o Topilejo, ua nalowale kā lākou uaki a me kā lākou kālā.
No ka huakaʻi i Popocatepetl, hele ʻo Landesio ma stagecoach mai Mexico a Amecameca, e haʻalele ana i ke kakahiaka ma ke ala ʻo San Antonio Abad a me Iztapalapa; Ua holo aku kekahi mau lālā o ka hui i ka pō ma mua ma San Lázaro no Chalco, kahi a lākou e hōʻea ai i kakahiaka. Akoakoa nā mea āpau ma Amecameca, mai laila aku a piʻi lākou ma luna o ka lio a hiki i Tlamacas.
I nā manawa like ʻole, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka luaipele mai ka lua pele Popocatépetl no ka hana ʻana o ka pauda a me nā hoʻohana ʻoihana ʻē aʻe. I ka wā ʻo Landesio ma laila, ʻo nā ʻohana hoʻolimalima o kēlā hana i hiki iā mākou ke kāhea i ka mining ʻo ia nā kaikuaʻana Corchados. Ua komo ka poʻe "sulfurists" - nā ʻōiwi maʻamau - i loko o ka lua pele a lawe i waho i ka kemikū waiwai me kahi winch a hiki i ko lākou waha, a laila hoʻokuʻu ʻia i loko o nā ʻeke iā Tlamacas, kahi a lākou i hāʻawi ai i kahi hana liʻiliʻi. Ma laila, "hoʻohana ʻia kekahi o kēia mau hale e hoʻoheheʻe i ka luaipele a hoʻoliʻiliʻi ia i nā berena huina nui no ke kālepa. ʻO nā mea ʻē aʻe ʻelua no nā hale noho a me nā noho ”.
Ua nānā pono ʻo Landesio i kekahi hana hoʻokele waiwai ʻē aʻe: ua ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi mau "kahua hau" e iho mai ana mai Iztaccíhuatl me nā poloka o ka hau i wahī ʻia i ka mauʻu a me nā ʻeke, i hāpai ʻia e nā hoki, i ʻae iā mākou e ʻoliʻoli i ka hau a me nā mea inu anuanu ma Mexico City. ʻO kekahi mea like i hana ʻia ma ka Pico de Orizaba e hoʻolako i nā kūlanakauhale nui o Veracruz. "Aia nā one o Ventorrillo e nā kaula a i ʻole nā ʻanuʻu o ka pōhaku porphyritic, e iho ana i lalo i luna mai ka ʻaoʻao o ke awāwa, ma ka lalo o lākou e ʻōlelo nei he nui nā iwi holoholona, a ʻo nā hoki hoʻi, kahi, e like me ka mea i haʻi ʻia iaʻu ma laila i kēlā me kēia lā, kipaku ʻia e nā kahua hau, ka mea i kipaku pinepine ʻia i waho o nā pali e nā ahe.
I ka piʻi ʻana o nā kuahiwi, ʻaʻole haʻuki nā mea āpau. "Ua poina wau i ka ʻōlelo ʻana: ʻoiai kokoke i ka poʻe i piʻi i ka lua pele e haʻi a hōʻoia i ka hiki ke inu ʻia nā wai ikaika ikaika ma laila e like me ka wai, no laila ua hoʻolako ʻia mākou āpau me kahi ʻōmole momi. Ua lawe pū mai ʻo Mr. de Ameca he mea leʻaleʻa loa me nā alani, ka barani, ke kō, a me kekahi mau kīʻaha; Ua hana ʻo ia i kahi ʻano lama e inu lama a kapa ʻia ʻo tecuí, ikaika loa a tonic, a ma ia wahi i ʻono ai nā mea nani na mākou ”.
ʻAʻole i loaʻa mau nā lako kūpono kūpono, e like me nā kui: “Ua hele mākou i ka lua pele; Akā ma mua o ke kāwili ʻana i nā kāmaʻa me ke kaula ʻoʻoleʻa, i hiki iā ia ke hoʻopaʻa a ʻaʻole e heʻe i ka hau ”.
Hoʻolālā ʻo Landesio i ka lua o Popocatepetl, nāna e pena i ka ʻaila ma hope. Ua kākau ʻo ia no ka mea i ʻike ʻia: “Hopu loa a ʻaneʻane e moe ana i ka honua ua nānā au i ka lalo o kēlā hohonu. I loko o ia mea he ʻano ipu pōʻai a i ʻole loko iʻa, no ka nui a me ka hoʻonohonoho like ʻana o nā pōhaku i hana i kona lihi, me he mea lā ʻaʻole i hana ʻia e aʻu; i loko o kēia, ma muli o ke kala o ka waiwai a no ka uahi i puka mai ai, aia ka luaipele e paila ana. Mai kēia caldera mai i kū mai kahi kolamu uahi o ka uahi keʻokeʻo a me ka ikaika nui, a hiki i kahi o ka hapakolu o ke kiʻekiʻe o ka lua pele, pālahalaha a nalo. He mau pōhaku kiʻekiʻe a capricious paha ia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua e hōʻike ana ua ʻeha i ka hana kolohe o ke ahi, e like me ka hau: a ʻo ka mea maoli, ua heluhelu ʻia nā hopena plutonic a me nā mea e pili ana iā lākou. ma kekahi ʻaoʻao ka vitrification a me ka uahi e puka mai ana mai kona mau māwae a, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ka hau mau loa; e like me ka mea ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, ka mea, i ka manawa like e puhipaka nei ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, e kau ana ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, kahi hau nui a nani: ma waena o ia a me ka pōhaku he wahi e like me he lumi, kahi lumi, akā no nā goblins a i ʻole o na daimonio. ʻO kēlā mau pōhaku i kā lākou hana keu keu i kekahi mea o nā mea pāʻani, akā nā mea pāʻani diabolical i kiola ʻia mai gehena.
"Akā, ʻaʻole au i ʻōlelo i kaʻu moʻokāki no ka ʻike maka ʻana i kahi ʻino ma lalo o koʻu mau wāwae. Aloha 'ino! I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono ia he nani loa, mahalo loa, e nānā ma lalo o nā mea huhū; e hele wikiwiki, wāwahi, ʻo nā weliweli weliweli loa, nā kukuna; a ʻoiai kēia, ka ua, ka huahekili a me ka makani e hoʻouka nei me ko lākou ikaika a me kā lākou hana ʻino i ua wahi kamaʻāina nei; ʻoiai ke walaʻau nei, ka weliweli a me ka makaʻu, i mea nānā keakea a hauʻoli i ka lā nani loa. ʻAʻole loa wau i hauʻoli nui a ʻaʻole wau e manaʻo e loaʻa iaʻu ”.
