ench (exclusive of a garrison of 92); the remainder consisted of
Cambodians and Asiatic foreigners. During the rice season the town is
visited by a floating population of 21,000 persons. The Chinese are
divided into congregations according to their place of origin. Cholon is
administered by a municipal council, composed of French, Annamese and
Chinese traders. An administrator of native affairs, nominated by the
governor, fills the office of mayor. There are a fine municipal hospital
and municipal schools for boys and girls. The principal thoroughfares
are lighted by electric light. The rice trade, almost monopolized by the
Chinese, is the leading industry, the rice being treated in large steam
mills. Tanning, dyeing, copper-founding, glass, brick and pottery
manufacture, stone working, timber-sawing and junk building are also
included among the industries.

CHOLONES, a tribe of South American Indians living on the left bank of
the Huallaga river in the Amazon valley. The name is that given them by
the Spanish. They were first met by the Franciscans, who established
mission villages among them in 1676. They are a wild race but
mild-mannered, very superstitious, and pride themselves on their skill
as doctors. Their chief weapon is the blow-pipe, in the use of which
they are adepts.

CHOLULA, an ancient town of Mexico, in the state and on the plateau of
Puebla, 8 m. by rail W. by N. of the city of that name, and 6912 ft.
above sea-level. Pop. (1900, estimate) 9000. The Interoceanic railway
passes through Cholula, but the city's commercial and industrial
standing is overshadowed by that of its larger and more modern
neighbour. At the time of the Spanish Conquest, Cholula--then known as
Chololan--was a large and important town, consecrated to the worship of
the god Quetzalcoatl, who had here one of the most imposing temples in
Anahuac, built on the summit of a truncated pyramid, the largest of its
kind in the world. This pyramid, constructed of sun-dried bricks and
earth, 177 ft. high, and covering an area of nearly 45 acres, is the
most conspicuous object in the town and is surmounted by a chapel
dedicated to _Nuestra Senora de los Remedios_. A corner of the lower
terrace of this great pyramid was cut through in the construction of the
Puebla road, but nothing was discovered to explain its purpose, which
was probably that of furnishing an imposing site for a temple. Nothing
definite is known of its age and his