. Where to spend the winter months. A birdseye view of a trip to Mexico, via Havana . FLOWER GIRL. 38. 39 of Chapultepec deserve our consideration. Just where the houses end standsthe equestrian statue of Charles IV. of Spain; it is regarded by critics as oneof the- most successful efforts in this line of art. From this point is theGalzada de la Reforma, a drive which leads us to Chapultepec, wliich looks inthe distance not unlike Windsor Castle, when viewed from tlie other end of thefamous Long Walks. Here, in the afternoons, all Mexicans turn out to drivein carriages or ride on horseba
. Where to spend the winter months. A birdseye view of a trip to Mexico, via Havana . FLOWER GIRL. 38. 39 of Chapultepec deserve our consideration. Just where the houses end standsthe equestrian statue of Charles IV. of Spain; it is regarded by critics as oneof the- most successful efforts in this line of art. From this point is theGalzada de la Reforma, a drive which leads us to Chapultepec, wliich looks inthe distance not unlike Windsor Castle, when viewed from tlie other end of thefamous Long Walks. Here, in the afternoons, all Mexicans turn out to drivein carriages or ride on horseback. The carriages are almost exclusively ofFrench manufacture, are generally close with the exception of a few Victorias;this singular fact is explained by the desire to have a suitable conveyance dur-ing the three months of rain whichprevails in this climate. We will now observe the equestri-ans when mounted h VAnglaise, theyare dressed h VAnglaise, but if theymount a Mexican horse the entireparaphernalia is of Mexican fashion ;both the horse and man are harnessedin a somewhat artistic, but, rath
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