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CONTENTS.
| LETTER THE ELEVENTH. | |
| Calle de Tacuba — The Leap of Alvarado — The "Noche Triste" — Sale of a Curate's goods — Padre Loon — Leprosy — Pictures — The Annunciation — The Alameda Paseo de Bucarelli — The Viga — Indians in canoes — A Murder — A country fête — Visit to the Colegia Vizcaino — The Jota Arragonesa — Old Soldiers, | 156 |
| LETTER THE TWELFTH. | |
| The Viga during the Carnival — Variety of equipages — The Millionaires — The monks — Masked ball — An alarming sight — Medical students — Dinner at the Prussian minister's — Rides on horseback — Indian love of flowers — Santa Anita — The Chinampas — Their Origin — Indians in canoes — Song of "El Palomo" — Fighting — The great lakes — The Drain of Huehuetoca — The great market of Tlatelolco, | 171 |
| LETTER THE THIRTEENTH. | |
| Convent of San Joaquin — Mexico in the morning — Tacuba — Carmelite Prior — Convent Garden — Hacienda of Los Morales — El Olivar — A Huacamaya — Humming birds — Correspondence — Expected consecration — Visit to the Mineria — Botanic Garden — Arbol de las Manitas — The Museum — Equestrian statue — Academy of Painting and Sculpture — Disappointment, | 187 |
| LETTER THE FOURTEENTH. | |
| Palm Sunday — Holy Thursday — Variety of costumes — San Francisco — Santa Domingo — Santa Teresa — Nuns — Stone bust — The Academy — Religious procession — Pilgrimage to the churches — Santa Clara — Nun's voice — Orange-trees and rose bushes — The Cathedral illuminated — Our Saviour in chains — Good Friday — The great square towards Evening — Dresses of men, women, and children — Approach of the Host — Judas — Great Procession — Misèrer — The Square by moonlight — A Lonely Walk — Sabado de Gloria — Ball in Contemplation — Weekly soirées — Embroidered muslins — A Tertulia at home, | 197 |
