CHAPTER III.

Incidents of Travel.--The Great Road to the Interior.--Mexican Diligences.--The Priest was the first Passenger robbed.--The National Bridge.--A Conducta of Silver.--Our Monk visits Old Vera Cruz.--They grant to the Indians forty Years of Indulgence in return for their Hospitality.--The Artist among Robbers.--Mexican Scholars in the United States.--Encerro 39