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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE. | |
| Liberty Bides her Time.—Shall the Bourbons be Restored?—Iturbide's Blow for Independence.—The Plan of Iguala.—Victoria Guadalupe.—The Emperor Iturbide.—His Mistake.—His Exile.—His Death.—The Last Foothold of Spain.—Benito Juarez.—Rise of the Church Party.—The Law of Juarez.—The Constitution of 1857.—European Interference.—King-Making, and what Came of It.—Maximilian's Death.—Progress of Constitutional Liberty.—Present State of Mexico | 277 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| TO MEXICO BY RAIL. | |
| The Mountain of the Star.—Vera Cruz.—The Castle.—Through the Hot Lands.—Climbing the Sierras.—Indian Hucksters.—Orizaba.—The City of Mexico.—Its Mountain-Sentinels.—Gardens.—Markets.—Water-Works.—Grand Plaza.—Paseos.—Alameda.—Memories of the Inquisition.—Churches for Sale.—The Grand Cathedral.—Aztec Belies.—The Mexican Fourth of July.—Streets and Houses.—City Improvements.—Education.—Illiteracy.—Worshipers.—Street Scenes.—Chapultepec.—Sulphur-Factory in a Volcano.—The Two Virgins.—Their Political Friends | 307 |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| THE LAND: ITS PRODUCTS AND CITIES. | |
| Present Limits of Mexico.—Its Harbors.—Prospective Changes.—Tunneling Volcanoes.—Road-Makers.—Unexplored Regions.—The Siesta.—The Seasons.—Want of Forests.—The Cactus Family.—The Maguey and Pulque.—Intemperance.—"An Agricultural Cosmos."—Mines.—Indian Character.—The Mozo.—Railroading.—Burros.—Mexican Homes.—Population.—The Hacienda.—Old Tezcuco and Tula.—Monterey and its Suburbs.—Chihuahua.—Zacatecas.—Guanajuato.—Queretaro.—Guadalajara.—Puebla | 336 |
