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Last fortnight, tourists who went out to Xochimilco found the boats untended, their flowers wilted. An old boatman named Cecilio ("Negro") Pacheco explained why. He leaned over the side of his canoa, plunged a muscular arm into the murky water. "Look," he said. His arm caused a sucking sound as it went up to the elbow in thick mud. "Who wants to ride around Xochimilco...
...Xochimilco's water level had risen to 15 inches. The boats were out again, with fresh flowers spelling out their names, Juanita and Maria, Esmeralda and Flor. Old Pacheco, poling a load of tourists along a canal, waved airily to his son Tomas, who was passing in the canoa Laura. "We're not finished yet, are we?" he shouted...
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