The romance of royalty; . from anearly hour the streets were thronged with men in thenational costume of breeches and crimson sash, short,many buttoned jacket, and sombrera ; by dark-eyedwomen of the people in skirts and shawls of gorgeouscolours, flowers in their black hair, gold ornamentson their necks ; by the French population in Europeancostume ; by the Indians who had gathered in greatnumbers, their lean bronzed figures sparsely coveredby a loose cotton garment, sandals on their feet, ontheir heads great straw hats shading their sad, watchful,obliquely set eyes. A great number of horseme
The romance of royalty; . from anearly hour the streets were thronged with men in thenational costume of breeches and crimson sash, short,many buttoned jacket, and sombrera ; by dark-eyedwomen of the people in skirts and shawls of gorgeouscolours, flowers in their black hair, gold ornamentson their necks ; by the French population in Europeancostume ; by the Indians who had gathered in greatnumbers, their lean bronzed figures sparsely coveredby a loose cotton garment, sandals on their feet, ontheir heads great straw hats shading their sad, watchful,obliquely set eyes. A great number of horsemen, gallant figures insaddles richly embroidered with silver and gold, whosehorses heads were decorated with ribbons and flowers,whose flanks were covered with goat skins, rode outof the city to meet their Majesties. A blare oftrumpets, the booming of cannon, and the ringingof scores of church bells announced that the Imperialprocession was near the city. Presently it enteredunder the dilapidated brickwork of the Gaudalupe. d.^
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