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CONTENTS.
LETTER XII.
Virgin of Guadalupe, and Festival, 63
LETTER XIII.
Court Ceremonies—General Santa Anna—Diplomatic Dinner, 70
LETTER XIV.
San Agustin de las Cuevas, and the Feast of San Agustin— Gambling and Cock Fighting, 76
LETTER XV.
Revolution— Wax-figures—Museum— Antiquities, 81
LETTER XVI.
Museum and Antiquities, 90
LETTER XVII.
Teoyaomiqui— Mexican Mythology, 109
LETTER XVIII.
Priests—Temples—Sacrifices, 115
LETTER XIX.
Mexican Calendar, 126
LETTER XX.
City of Mexico as it was at the conquest, 131
LETTER XXI.
Murders—Tacuba—Festival of Remedios, 140
LETTER XXII.
Carnival—Lent—Holy-Week, 149
LETTER XXIII.
Neighborhood of Mexico—Chapultepec—Tacubaya, and the murder of Mr. Egerton—San Angel—Desierto, 156
JOURNAL.
Of a Journey in the Tierra-Caliente, being an account of a Visit to Cuernavaca, the Ruins of Xochicalco, Cavern of Cacahuawamilpa, Cuautla de Amilpas, and Mexican Haciendas, 161