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| CHAPTER XII. |
| MEXICAN AMUSEMENTS. |
| Character of amusements—Government duty—Cock-fighting and its patrons—The combat—Scene in an arena—A bull-fight—Further anticipations—Battle between a bull and bear—Horrible catastrophe—Gambling booths—The Fandango—Minor amusements. |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
| WILD FOWL SHOOTING. |
| Mexican rivers and lakes—The salt marshes—Wild ducks—Formidable shooting-machines—A sporting party—A biped dog—Señor Stiazza and his gun Bolo—A half-caste bravo—Ragged comrades—Sunlight on the lake—The game started—Wild ducks slaughtered—Zambo lost in the mud—Rescue—A sporting supper and encampment—Pleasant anticipations—An attack—Flight of the bravo—The party robbed of their spoil |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
| THE ACCORDADA, OR CHIEF PRISON. |
| Obstreperous conduct of prisoners—Entrance offices—Corridor—Court-yard and fountain—Prisoners in the second story—Want of provision for the destitute—Misery of lower classes—Chapel—Custom before an execution—Prisoners employed as scavengers—Prison for females—Groups in court-yard—A mock priest—A jail instructor—Quarrel in the water—An aged gamester—An ignorant devotee—Obscene singing—The basket-maker—Obtrusive mendicants—Officers' salaries—Prison statistics for one year. |
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