208 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



backs, and supported by a strap from their 

 heads, from which is suspended another 

 smaller one, to serve as a counterpoise to the 

 larger. 



These men seem to have a great aversion 

 to the article in which they deal, for at an 

 early hour they may be seen in a pulquefied 

 state, stretched on the bare ground in the ful- 

 ness of enjoyment ; few of them have any 

 settled place of residence, but, like the Laz- 

 zaroni of Naples, sleep under the first place 

 of shelter that presents itself. 



The costumes of the various classes of in- 

 habitants of the city of Mexico vary consider- 

 ably. The dresses of the Spaniard, and 

 higher class of white natives, differ but little 

 from those worn in Europe. The men and 

 boys often appear in the streets in the long 

 cloak; and in the house light jackets, of 

 printed calico, are generally worn. They 

 shave less often than we do, and when on a 



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