150 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO, 



delabras, filled with wax-lights, produce a 

 magnificent effect, 



St. Augustine^s should not be missed, and 

 many others are well deserving of a visit ; but 

 the bare enumeration of their treasures would 

 exceed the limits of this work. 



The religious processions which I saw here 

 were conducted with greater order and effect 

 than those at Puebla, and appeared to be 

 equally attractive to the people. The prepa- 

 ration of the streets leading from the cathedral 

 commenced a week before the festival, and the 

 whole line of passing was covered with an 

 awning, to defend the procession from sun or 

 rain. It was the grandest and best-arranged 

 thing of the kind I had ever seen ; commenc- 

 ing and finishing with discharges of artillery. 

 The number of religious dignitaries, in all 

 their splendid vestments, with the quantity of 

 silver and gold ornaments of the church, made 

 an appearance quite new to an Englishman ; 



