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| LETTER THE SEVENTH. | |
| Débût in Mexico — Cathedral — Temple of the Aztecs — Congregation — Stone of Sacrifices — Palace — Importunate léperos — Visit to the President — Countess C a — Street Cries — Tortilleras — Sartor Resartus, | 90 |
| LETTER THE EIGHTH. | |
| Ball in Preparation — Agreeable Family — Fine Voices — Theatre — Smoking — Castle of Chapultepec — Viceroy Galvez — Montezuma's Cypress — Vice-Queen — Valley of Mexico — New Year's Day — Opening of Congress — Visits from the Diplomatic Corps — Poblana Dress — "Funcion Extraordinaria" — Theatre — Visit to the Cathedral of Guadalupe — Divine Painting — Bishop — Beggars — Mosquitoes' Eggs, | 101 |
| LETTER THE NINTH. | |
| Visits from Spaniards — Visit from the President — Disquisition — Poblana Dress — Bernardo the Matador — Bull-fight Extraordinary — Plaza de Toros — Fireworks — Portrait of C n — Fancy Ball — Dress — Costume of the Patronesses — Beauty in Mexico — Doctor's Visit — Cards of faire part — Marquesa de San Roman — Toilet in Morning Visits of ceremony — Attempt at Robbery — Murder of a consul — La Güera Rodriguez — Dr. Plan — M. de Humboldt — Anecdote — Former Customs, | 116 |
| LETTER THE TENTH. | |
| San Fernando — House of Perez de Galvez — A Removal — Size of the Houses — Old Monastery — View by Sunset — Evening Visits — Mexican Etiquette — Night View from the Azotea — Tacubaya — Magueys — Making of Pulque — Organos and Nopal — Environs of Mexico — Miracle — Hacienda — View from the Countess C a's House — Arzobispado — Anecdote — Comparative view of beauty — Indians — Rancheritas — Mexican Cordiality — Masses for the Dead — San Agustin — Form of Invitation — Death of a Senator — A Mistake, | 137 |
