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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



a kind of trot, or short run, in which manner 

 they proceed to the town, carrying heavy 

 loads. In returning from the market they 

 are not so expeditious, being sometimes a 

 little pulquefied, and in high spirits : they are, 

 however, always respectful and polite to 

 strangers. While these are passing they stop, 

 take off their hats, and salute them ; and they 

 are always much pleased to be spoken to or 

 noticed. 



The Indian huts vary much, according to 

 the situation in which they are placed. Those 

 in the warmer parts are a mere bird-cage, 

 made of canes or sticks, and roofed with 

 leaves. In the mountains, near the snow, as 

 at Las Vegas, they resemble the houses of 

 Norway, and Alpine Switzerland, being 

 composed, like them, of solid logs of wood. 

 Some are of split boards ; many of unburnt 

 brick, with flat roofs ; and near Mexico and 

 Tolluca, of stone. They have always a neat 



