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CHAPTER XII. 

 MEXICO. 



VISIT TO TEPIC, A TOWN IN NEW GALICIA. 



As no English man-of-war had ever before an- 

 chored in the port of San BlaSj the arrival of the 

 Conway created considerable interest ; and we had 

 scarcely secured the ship before boats were seen 

 bustling on board, from all quarters, to inquire 

 for and to give news. We had little to commu- 

 nicate, as we had been so long on our passage ; 

 but from some ships recently arrived from Lima, 

 North America, and India, we learned many in- 

 teresting particulars. This port had been so re- 

 cently thrown open to a free trade with all the 

 world, that we had not expected to find so many 

 ships ; nor was this the only instance in which we 



