CONTEN T S 



OF 



VOL. I. 



Dedication . . ... Page v 



Advertisement . . . . vii 



Preface . . . . xi 



CHAPTER I. 



Voyage. — Jamaica. — Campeachy. — Orizaba. — St Juan de 

 Ullua. — Isla de Sacriticios . . . .1 



CHAPTER II. 

 Vera Cruz. — Almeida — Generals St Anna and Victoria. — 

 Posada, or Inn. — Markets. — Vultures . . 15 



CHAPTER III. 



Departure from Vera Cruz. — Sandy Desert. — Vera Agua. — 

 Puente del Rey.— Puente del Reyna. — San Rafael. — Inns 

 on the Road . . . . .30 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Xalapa, formerly the Mart of New Spain. — High Mass. — 

 Religious Procession. — Washing- . . .46 



CHAPTER V. 

 Former Volcanic Eruptions. — Los Vegos. — Perote. — Agava 

 Americana. — Pulque. — Mirage. — Ocho d'Agua . 64 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Puebla de los Angeles— Its Streets. — Pavements. — Houses. 

 — Cathedral. — Churches. — San Filipe Neri, or House of 

 Religious Retreat. — Police. — Manufactories, &c. . 79 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Chollula. — Its Pyramids. — St. Martin's. — Rio Frio Ayotla 



110 



