The Boy Travellers in Mexico Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal

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RAPACIOUS CARGADORES.--OLD BOOK-STORES IN THE PORTALES.-- PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE MEXICAN CAPITAL; THE PUPILS IN ATTENDANCE.--THEATRES AND HOSPITALS.--A THEATRE SUPPORTING A HOSPITAL.--THE BROTHERS OF CHARITY.--INSIDE THE THEATRES.--A PERFORMANCE OF OPERA.--A MINOR THEATRE.--LISTENING TO A MEXICAN PERFORMANCE.--BULL-FIGHTING IN MEXICO.--A DISGRACEFUL SPORT.--ORIGIN OF THE BULL-FIGHT.--MARIONETTE THEATRES.--THE PROCESSIONS.--MEXICAN LOVE FOR COCK-FIGHTING.-- COMMINGLING OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONIALS AND AMUSEMENTS.--THE POSADA AND THE PASTORELA; THEIR PECULIARITIES.--KILLING JUDAS. 312