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Antiqua
Antiqua; Spaltensatz.
In “
dom of New Spain,” we find the following curious
instance of inveterate indulgence in the use of
spirituous liquors:——
“In New Spain, drunkenness is most common
among the Indians, who inhabit the valley of
Mexico, and the environs of Puebla and Tlascala,
wherever the Magney or Agave are cultivated on a
great scale. The police in the city of Mexico sends
round tumbrils (small carts) to collect the drunk-
ards to be found stretched out in the streets.
These Indians, who are treated like dead bodies,
are carried to the guard-house. In the morning,
an iron ring is put round their ancles, and they
are made to clean the streets for three days. They
let them go on the fourth day, but are sure to find
several of them stretched out again in the course
of the week.