Identifier: oldmexicoherlost1883bish (find matches)
Title: Old Mexico and her lost provinces; a journey in Mexico, southern California, and Arizona, by way of Cuba
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Bishop, William Henry, 1847-1928
Subjects: Mexico -- Description and travel California -- Description and travel Arizona -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Brown University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brown University

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ENVIRONS OF MEXICO. CUATITLAN—LAKES XOCHIMILCO AND CHALCO. 151 afterward till they dropped, and their life-blood pouredwith an audible noise, like the spatter of a rivulet. Uponwhich the boisterous youth of Mexico, of the lower class,cried ^Bello!^ ^Bellissimo!^^ in frenzied delight. The gray old walls of the parish church, immense, andof excellent design (as they all are), rise above the amphi-theatre. Within are figures of saints grotesquely adorned,or realistically horrible, in the usual style. The devoutIndians are not archaeologists, and have no idea of paying-honor other than as they understand it. I have it onauthority that when left to themselves they have beenknown to equip the Saviour of the World in a twenty-dollar hat, chajparreras (a kind of riding breeches), spurs,sabre, and revolver, sparing no expense to make him acavalier of the first fashion. The houses of the town, built of concrete or adobe,sometimes plastered and tinted, are of one story. Thereare some small por

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