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

CHAPTER III.

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THE AMERICAN INVASION OF TO-DAY.--MONTEREY AS A HEALTH RESORT; ITS SITE AND SURROUNDINGS.--THE CATHEDRAL AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--CAPTURE OF MONTEREY BY GENERAL TAYLOR.--SHORT HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN WAR.--FROM CORPUS CHRISTI TO MONTEREY.--THE ATTACK ON THE CITY.--CAPTURE OF THE FORTS AND THE BISHOP'S PALACE.--FRANK RECITES A POEM.--LIEUT. U. S. GRANT AND WHAT HE DID AT MONTEREY.--A STORY ABOUT JEFFERSON DAVIS.--HOW JOHN PHENIX ESCAPED CASHIERING.--SIGHTS OF THE CITY.--THE MARKET-PLACE AND WHAT WAS SEEN THERE.--FRUITS, BIRDS, POTTERY, ETC.--IN A MONTEREY HOUSE.--A PALATIAL RESIDENCE. 31