LETTER THE TWENTY-SEVENTH
Fête-day—Friendly Hint—Precautions—General Tranquillity—President in
San Agustin—Revisit Museum—Ancient Manuscripts—Sculpture—Bronze Bust,
etc.—Freshness after Rain—Ball at the French Minister's—Pamphlet—
Gutierrez Estrada—His Character—Concealment—Mexicalsingo—Minister of
the Treasury—Archbishop's Permission—Paintings—Mexican Painters—Santa
Teresa—Description of the Interior—The Penitences—Tortures—
Disciplines, etc.—Supper—Profane Ballads—Monasteries—San Francisco—
Padre Prior—Soldiers and Friars