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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



ware is in great request. Many hundred 

 crates were sold in a few weeks at great 

 prices. 



Our manufactories of soft goods, of almost 

 every description except fine woollen cloths, 

 will find a considerable market in New Spain. 

 The production of the looms of Great 

 Britain, — our muslins and calicoes, printed 

 and plain, are greatly used and preferred; 

 but the platillos, or German linens, sell better 

 than the Irish. They are made up in a 

 different form, and present a more pleasing 

 exterior, which probably is the principal 

 cause of the preference. Oar shawls of every 

 description, but principally those that are 

 showy and cheap, are beginning to be gene- 

 rally worn. 



The low-priced French woollen cloths seem 

 to be preferred to our fine ones. It is but 

 lately that coats of this material have come 

 into general use. The glory of a Mexican 



