f former days, defines "Castilian faith and
Moorish works" as the ingredients of a good Christian.

[27] _Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology._ 1 vol. 8vo.

_Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology._ 4th Edition.

_Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology._ 7th Edition.

[28] _Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology_, 4th Edition, p.
239.

[29] Yet we are sometimes led to doubt if our author be really so
kind-hearted as he would have us to believe. The following passage, for
example, would lead us to believe that he is really savage at heart, and
that his humanity is little better than affectation. The contrast between
the two passages which we have put in italics is very amusing. He is
speaking of the _weeding_ of pigeons.

"Every bird that is caught should be examined and recognized and every one
exhibiting signs of old age should be destroyed, by pushing the joint of
the thumb with force into the back of the head, and severing the cervical
vertebrae, or _applying the teeth for that purpose_; but should these modes
be disliked or impracticable, _rather than torture the poor devoted
animals_ by abortive attempts, let their heads be cut off at once by a
sharp table-knife."--(Vol. ii. p. 253.)

[30] _Diaries and Correspondence of James Harris, First Earl of
Malmesbury._ Edited by his GRANDSON, the Third Earl, Vols. 3 and 4,
London: 1844.

[31] Barrancas are those immense clefts or ravines, some of them several
thousand feet deep, which abound upon the plateau, or table-land, on which
the city of Mexico stands.

[32] Orizava--in Mexican, Citlatepetl, or the Star Mountain.

[33] The Mexican wolf.

[34] A proverbial expression amongst the Indians, signifying something
inimical or prejudicial; the day of ill luck.

[35] Bixa Orellana--a species of dye-wood. String is made out of the bark.
The wood takes fire easily upon friction.

[36] Infamous by birth. The children of whites and negroes, or whites and
Indians, or Indians and negroes, were _infames de derecho_.

[37] Guachinango is another name for Lepero. Pulque is the favourite drink
of the Mexicans, made from the sap of the agave or aloe.

[38] Beef, salted and dried.

[39] _Walpole's Memoirs of the Reign of George III._ London: 1845. 2 vols.

Transcriber's Notes:

Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.

The original text includes Greek characters. For this text version these
letters have been repla