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CHAPTER XXX. 



Excursion to Tilotepec, and Religious Fete of the Indians . 



Eveey day my surprise is increased at the 

 beauties of this delightful neighbourhood. 

 This morning Mr. Hall, of Vera Cruz, called 

 on me to accompany him to an hacienda, a 

 league on the road to Mexico: but finding 

 on our arrival that the family were gone a 

 league farther, to the Indian village of 

 Tilotepec, the inhabitants of which cele- 

 brated the fete of their patron-saint this day, 

 — we took some refreshment and proceeded ; 

 and never shall I forget the scenery of the 

 place, nor the happiness and simplicity of 

 the multitudes by whom its streets were 



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