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 Travellers' anticipations.—Beauties of Mexican scenery.—Mountain passes.—Tropical trees and flowers.—River scene.—Distant view.—Music at twilight.—Song to the Virgin.

Englishman perhaps of all people is the least likely to be satisfied with the life and institutions he may encounter in foreign countries; and for the very sufficient reason that he has more cause than any one else to be satisfied with his own.

Many a discontented Briton, wearied with the conventionalities of home, and anxious for a change, has packed up his trunk and set out on his travels, in search of Utopias and bowers of Paradise. But as those white cliffs he was so anxious to leave behind really begin to fade in the distance, he feels a sadness of the heart creeping over him; and when