Page:Life in Mexico vol 1.djvu/18

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CONTENTS.
LETTER THE EIGHTEENTH.
English Ball — Dresses — Diamonds — Mineria — Arrival of the Pope's bull-Consecration of the archbishop — Foreign ministers — Splendour of the cathedral — Description of the ceremony, 273
LETTER THE NINETEENTH.
Mexican servants — Anecdotes — Remedies — An unsafe Porter — Galopinas — The reboso — The sarape — Women-cooks — Foreign Servants — Characteristics of Mexican servants — Servants' wages — Nun of the Santa Teresa — Motives for taking the veil, 282
LETTER THE TWENTIETH.
The Convent entry — Dialogue — A Chair in church — Arrival of the nun — Dress — José Maria — Crowd — Withdrawal of the black curtain-The Taking of the veil — The sermon — A dead body — Another victim — Convent of the Encarnacion — Attempt at a hymn — Invitation — Morning visit — The nun and her mother — Banquet — Taking leave — Ceremony of the veil-taking — A Beautiful victim — The Last look — Presentation to the bishop — Reflections — Verses, 294
LETTER THE TWENTY-FIRST.
San Agustin — The Gambling fête — The Beauties of the village — The road from Mexico — Entry to San Agustin — The gambling houses — San Antonio — The Pedregal — Last day of the fête — The cock-pit — The boxes-The cock-fight — Decorum — Comparisons — Dinner — Ball at Calvario — House of General Moran — View of the gambling tables — The Advocate — Ball at the Plaza de Gallos — Return to Mexico — Reflections — Conversation between two ministers, 310