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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XI. | |
| THE PROVINCE OF VERA CRUZ. | |
| 1683-1803. | |
| Extent of the City of Vera Cruz — Entrepôt of Commerce — Character of the Population — Prosperity of the People — Its Inhabitants — Its Trade — Scarcity of Water — The Black-vomit — The Port of Vera Cruz — The Fortress of San Juande Ulúa — Its Garrison — The Works Cost Nearly Forty Millions of Pesos — Cessation of Buccaneering Raids — The Towns of Córdoba, Jalapa, and Orizaba | 208 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| FLOOD, FAMINE, AND ECLIPSE. | |
| 1688-1692. | |
| Laguna’s Administration — HisSuccessor, the Condede Galve — The Pirates Driven from the South Sea — War with France — Pirates in the North Sea — The Armada de Barlovento — Union of Spanish and English against the French — Drought and Flood — Loss of Crops — Excesses of the Soldiery — Death of María Luisa — The Drainage System — Portentous Events — The Bakers Refuse to Bake — Efforts of the Viceroy. | 221 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| CORN RIOT IN THE CAPITAL. | |
| 1692-1696. | |
| Increased Murmurs — Rumored Grain Speculations of the Viceroy — An Imprudent Preacher — The Léperos — Pulque Shops — Inefficient Forces at Command — Awaiting Opportunity — Affair at the Granary — The Viceroy Threatened — Outbreak — Death to the Officials! — The Palace Set on Fire — The Plaza Stalls also Fired — Robbery and Murder — Executions — Revolt at Tlascala — Sale of Pulque Prohibited — Rebuilding of the Palace — Affairs in New Mexico | 232 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| VICEROYS MONTAÑEZ AND MONTEZUMA. | |
| 1696-1701. | |
| More Insurrections in the Capital — The Baratillo Suppressed — Narrow Escape of the Treasure Fleet — Another Famine — Montezuma Succeeds Montanez — Fair at Acapulco — Obsequies on the Death of Cárlos II. — Rejoicings at the Accession of Felipe V. — Montezuma Suspected of Disloyalty — A Worthy Ruler Deposed — Jesuit Expeditions to Lower California | 256 |
