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 CountryIn the evening, the Commandant and his wife, with some officers of the garrison, paid me a visit at the Consul's house, where his sister amused the party by playing on the piano-forte, and a host Of half-naked natives soon crowded round the door and windows, which latter at Tampico have no glass, and seemed highly delighted with the music, some of the children remarking with astonishment, that the Senora read a book while playing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.