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oranges and alligator pears, or bearing huge bnrdens on 

 their heads ; children, guiltless of clothing, and obtuse don- 

 keys, wander whithersoever they will ; and water-carriers, 

 filling their jars at the fountain, start off on a dog-trot. 



We cross the Plaza diagonally, pass down the Calle de 

 San Fernando, up the Calle del Algodon, and through the 

 busy Calle del Correo, till we reach the Casa Frances^ op- 

 posite the mansion of the late General Flores. This is our 



