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are much attached to theatrical amusements, 

 and I am convinced, when their means will 

 afford it, they will procure actors from Eu- 

 rope until their native talent is improved, 

 which, as they are not deficient in natural 

 ability, will doubtlessly be accomplished. 



The streets, after the manner of the old 

 Spanish towns, intersect each other at right 

 angles. There are four plazas and squares : 

 the rest of the houses are built in what are 

 termed quadras. The principal streets are 

 the Calle Real, and San Juan de Dios ; the 

 former has a paved footw^ay on both sides of 

 the road, the latter only on one: these are 

 the chief resorts of the fashionable loungers, 

 and lead to the Alameda, or promenade. The 

 streets, east and west from the mountains, 

 have streams of water running down them, 

 which empty themselves into the small rivers 

 of San Francisco and San Augustin, (so called 

 from the convents whose walls they lave,) 



