SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



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vetting and racing took place among the 

 sprightly little chargers. We entered the 

 city of Xalapa in a body soon after sun-set, 

 and I was much pleased with what I had 

 seen ; — the entertainment, in its leading fea- 

 tures, carrying my ideas back to the days of 

 our good Queen Bess, 



