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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



such a glowing scene : — he who would wish to 

 see the gordious pomp of religious ceremony 

 should visit Puebla. 



Mr. Furlong, to whom I had letters of in- 

 troduction, and who is respectably connected 

 in the county of Wicklow, and a magistrate, 

 accompanied us to the church of San Felipe 

 Neri, which, excepting the cathedral, is one 

 of the largest buildings in the city. The ar- 

 chitecture of the interior is good, and the 

 decorations are in fine taste. As it was (as 

 already stated) Holy-week, the altars were 

 dressed out in their richest ornaments, but of 

 them I shall take another opportunity of 

 speaking. The brother of Mr. F., being the 

 Superior, procured me a sight of the noble 

 establishment belonging to and adjoining the 

 church. It is a place of religious retreat, 

 called a house of spiritual retirement, in which 

 persons of either sex, desirous of leaving the 

 bustle and confusion of the world, the better 



