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just in time to catch a glimpse of a returning 

 procession. In an hour afterwards the town 

 was brilliantly illuminated, and, when seen at 

 a little distance, appeared in a flame; the 

 whole church, steeple, tower, and battlements, 

 had small fires of candle- wood, and a large one 

 was placed before every house ; the air was 

 filled with rockets, and numerous bands of 

 music paraded the streets. The ensemble 

 was much grander than our country towns 

 can boast on similar occasions, the tallow 

 candles of which would make but a sorry 

 figure when compared with a thousand piles 

 of flaming candle- wood. 



We arrived the next day about noon at 

 Puebla de los Angeles, and drove to the prin- 

 cipal inn ; having seen our baggage de- 

 posited in safety, (which it is quite requisite 

 every traveller should do), I immediately 

 called on Don Sebastian Furlong, whose 

 politeness I had occasion to mention on my 



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