tion, nor to live amongst people whose bite is venomous. . . .
We have just returned from a moonlight walk to the Glorieta, a public promenade, which they are making here, where there are some stone benches for the promenaders, close to which some public spirited individuals had dragged the carcase of a horse, which obliged us to retrace our steps with all convenient speed.
As for provisions in this place, if we may judge by the specimens we have seen in this house, they are both good and abundant. We had especially fine fish, and a variety of vegetables. To-morrow, alas! we return to the packet; much refreshed, however, by two pleasant days on shore, and consoling ourselves for our prolonged voyage, by the reflection, that had we gone direct to Havana, we should not have seen Tampico; and, as La Fontaine's travelling pigeon says,
"Quiconque ne voit guère
Na' guère à dire aussi. Mon voyage depeint
Vous sera d'un plaisir extréme.
Je dirai: j'etais Ià; telle chose m'avint:
Vous y croirez ètre vous-meme."
Tyrian, 19th.
Once more on board our floating prison. A norte is expected this evening, but at least it will now be
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He who sees little, little can he say;
But when my travels I describe some day,
And say, "That chanced to me—there I have been"—
The pleasure you will feel will be so great,
You will believe, while hearing me relate.
That all these wonders you yourself have seen.
