SIX MONTHS IN 



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CHAPTER XXVI. 



Excursion from Mexico to Tezcuco, Otumba, and the 

 Pyramids of St. Juan de Teotihuacan, and round the 

 Lake of Tezcuco. 



On Whit-Sunday, 1823, I left Mexico, in 

 company with Mr. Gillow and my son, at- 

 tended by an Indian guide, furnished to us 

 by the politeness of Donna Roderigez, mother 

 of the Countess of Regla, to whom also we 

 were indebted for letters of introduction to 

 some of the principal inhabitants of Tezcuco. 



We were early on horseback, and in passing 

 the great square of the city, witnessed a sight 

 not often seen by Europeans, though no 

 rarity here : — nearly a thousand horses and 

 mules, laden with silver, were just preparing 



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