Excerpt from Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico, in the Year 1826, Vol. 1 of 2: With Some Account of the Mines of That Country The Commandant Obligingly assured me that everything he had was at my disposal; the Al calde begged me to believe that he was my ser vant; and the chief of the Customs having kissed my hand, and entreated that I would lay my com mands on him, then proceeded to throw some impediments in my way. Mr. Robertson very kindly hired a windowless room for me in one of the most respectable houses in the place, the mis tress Of which was better known by the name of the Gachupina (a term Of reproach applied to European Spaniards) than by her proper appella tion of Dona Francesca. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.