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the effect, not a leaf was stirring, nor a sound to be heard. 

 We had arrived in Patzcuaro on the Mexican Fourth of 

 July, the holiday known to them as the Cinco de Mayo, — the 

 Fifth of May, — to commemorate their victory over the 

 French at Puebla during the French Intervention. Horns 

 were blowing, cannons firing, and every demonstration of 

 pleasure exhibited. Everybody was in holiday attire, the 

 market place was filled with people, and the town generally 

 had an air of great rejoicing. At 12:30 a. m. we rode on 

 horseback to the ddpot, and at 3 o'clock took the train for 

 Mexico. 



