Thirty years with the Mexicans: in peace and revolution . reet; Crown of ThornsStreet; Mother of Sorrows Street. There is alane called Callejon del Raton —Lane of the Rat—and another so narrow that it has received the sobri-quet, Sal, si piiedes—Get through, if you can! As to cleanliness, the less said about some quartersof the city the better. In certain localities the odoursare neither few, feeble, nor far between, and no smallvariety may be encountered in a mornings walk. Alady friend having occasion to drive through such adistrict, passed in discreet silence many offensive airsonly to rema
Thirty years with the Mexicans: in peace and revolution . reet; Crown of ThornsStreet; Mother of Sorrows Street. There is alane called Callejon del Raton —Lane of the Rat—and another so narrow that it has received the sobri-quet, Sal, si piiedes—Get through, if you can! As to cleanliness, the less said about some quartersof the city the better. In certain localities the odoursare neither few, feeble, nor far between, and no smallvariety may be encountered in a mornings walk. Alady friend having occasion to drive through such adistrict, passed in discreet silence many offensive airsonly to remark at last with vigour, Enough! Thisis the thirty-second variety of smell since I began tocount. But Mexico has charmingly attractive streets, asthe Calle de San Francisco, where are most handsomestores, stately hotels, and splendid private Paseo de la Reforma, which leads to the Castleof Chapultepec, is a boulevard of which any city inthe New World or the Old would be proud. It isfive hundred feet wide, two and one-half miles long,. Ancient Ruins—Casas Grandes
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