Roy and Ray in Mexico . EXICO *And the Spaniards are very fond of dressingup their saints in gaudy and expensive clothes,too, arent they I suggested Harry. Yes, some of them are fairly loaded with goldand silver lace and tissue and embroidery, re-plied Mrs. Stevens. From the Cathedral, they visited the market-place, where the products were rather moretropical than in some others they had visited; butthe best part of their sightseeing was the trip toone of the numerous cascades, the road lying be-tween coffee-groves, which almost surround thetown. I think coffee is as pretty as holly when it is
Roy and Ray in Mexico . EXICO *And the Spaniards are very fond of dressingup their saints in gaudy and expensive clothes,too, arent they I suggested Harry. Yes, some of them are fairly loaded with goldand silver lace and tissue and embroidery, re-plied Mrs. Stevens. From the Cathedral, they visited the market-place, where the products were rather moretropical than in some others they had visited; butthe best part of their sightseeing was the trip toone of the numerous cascades, the road lying be-tween coffee-groves, which almost surround thetown. I think coffee is as pretty as holly when it isgrowing, said Kay, and they all agreed withher. It looked very much like holly, in fact, withits stiff, glossy, dark green, spiny leaves, and itsberries, first green, then red, then dark brown. Guess how many coffee-grains in a berry,said Harry. Why, one, isnt that all? asked Roy. No, two. See here, and Harry split open aberry and showed them the two grains lying withthe flat sides touching and the little groove through. BACK TO THE CAPITAL 333 the middle that they had often noticed in thegrocers coffee at home. Whats the reason their coffee doesnt tastelike onrs! asked Eay. One reason is that they powder it, while wegrind it; and another, that they like it a little bitburned and we dont have it so. It tastes some-what like Turkish coffee, which is almost asyrup, said Mrs. Stevens, adding, Of course, Imean the black coffee, without Orizaba old, too? asked , it was here before the Spanish came. Itwas the scene of some fighting in the war againstthe French, and it was one of the favourite resortsof Maximilian, replied his father. Poor man! I get sorrier for him all thetime, said Ray. To lose such a beautifulcountry when he once had it, and have to be killedbesides and never see his own country again. The French troops offered to take him backwith them, but he wouldnt go, said Mr. Stevens. • Why? Well, a number of his prominent supportershad been taken prisoners b
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