CHAPTER XXXIII.

Bureau of Postes.--Depart from the Aztec Capital.--Exemptions of Government Extraordinarios.--Livery Stable Woman at Tepetitlan.--Invited to a Country Seat, and dine with Ladies.--We are afterwards kicked by a Horse, but continue the journey.--American Deserters.--Encounter Ladrons, and present our Passport.--Somebody killed by Mistake.--Excitement in Queretaro.--Traitors of San Patricio.--Official Visits.--The Dignitaries of the Republic.--Breakfast with a Brilliant Colonel.--The Alemeda.--We run a Joust.--Treaty signed. 260