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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



Library, Government Printing Office, &c., 

 &c. The Library contains many valuable 

 manuscript works, among which the History 

 of Mexico, made by order of Government, oc- 

 cupies more than forty large quarto volumes, 

 with numerous maps and drawings. 



The Palace of Chapultepec, built by the 

 Viceroy Galvez, is delightfully situated on 

 a small hill about a league from the city ; 

 it is a large handsome edifice, and cost an 

 ^lmense sum of money. The best-informed 

 persons believe it was rather intended -as 

 a fortress than a palace. It is now unoc- 

 cupied, and is, in some parts, in rather a 

 dilapidated state ; but being at the distance 

 of only a short and pleasant ride from Mexico, 

 it is well worth visiting, especially as the road 

 passes the whole way close to one of the fine 

 aqueducts. In the garden belonging to the 

 palace are some immense trees, which the 

 natives call cypresses : I paced some of their 



