als.--Honey Water.--Ancient Tula.--
A Freak of Tropical Weather 97

CHAPTER VII.

City of Mexico.--Private Dwellings.--Thieves.--Old Mexico.--
Climate.--Tramways.--The Plaza Mayor.--City Streets.--The
Grand Paseo.--Public Statues.--Scenes upon the Paseo.--The
Paseo de la Viga.--Out-of-door Concerts.--A Mexican Caballero.
--Lottery Ticket Venders.--High Noon.--Mexican Soldiers.--
Musicians.--Criminals as Soldiers.--The Grand Cathedral.--The
Ancient Aztec Temple.--Magnificent View from the Towers of
the Cathedral.--Cost of the Edifice.--Valley of Anahuac 126

CHAPTER VIII.

An Extinct Volcano.--Mexican Mountains.--The Public Institutions
of the Capital.--The Government Palace.--The Museum.--
Maximilian's State Carriage.--A Peculiar Plant.--The Academy
of Fine Arts.--Choice Paintings.--Art School.--Picture
Writing.--Native Artists.--Exquisite Pottery.--Cortez's
Presents to Charles V.--A Special Aztec Art.--The Sacrificial
Stone.--Spanish Historical Authorities.--Public Library.--The
Plaza.--Flower Market.--A Morning Visit.--Public Market.--
Concealed Weapons 150

CHAPTER IX.

A City of Vistas.--Want of Proper Drainage.--Unfortunate Site.--
Insecure Foundations.--A Boom in Building Lots.--Pleasant
Suburbs.--Night Watchmen.--The Iturbide Hotel--A Would-be
Emperor.--Domestic Arrangements.--A New Hotel wanted.--
Places of Public Entertainment.--The Bull Ring.--Repulsive
Performance.--Monte de Piedad.--An English Syndicate purchase
it.--The Alameda.--The Inquisition.--Festal Days.--Pulque
Shops.--The Church Party.--Gilded Bar-Rooms.--Mexican
Marriages.--Mothers and Infants.--A Family Group 170

CHAPTER X.

Benito Juarez's Grandest Monument.--Hotel del Jardin.--General
Jose Morelos.--Mexican Ex-Convents.--City Restaurants.--Lady
Smokers.--Domestic Courtyards.--A Beautiful Bird.--The Grand
Cathedral Interior.--A Devout Lottery Ticket Vender.--
Porcelain-Ornamented Houses.--Rogues in Church.--Expensive
Justice.--Cemetery of San Fernando.--Juarez's Monument.--
Coffins to Let.--American and English Cemetery.--A Doleful
Street and Trade 194

CHAPTER XI.