The shock of an earthquake had tilted the table up on one side.

While we were in Mexico there was a slight shock, which set the chandeliers swinging, but we did not even notice it.

In April, a solemn procession goes from the Cathedral, on a day marked in the Calendar as the "Patrocinio de Senor San Jose", to implore the "Santissimo Patriarca" to protect the city from earthquakes (temblores).

In connection with this subject there is an opinion, so generally received in Mexico that it is worth notice.

Everybody there, even the most educated people, will tell you that there is an earthquake-season, which occurs in January or February; and that the shocks are far more frequent than at any other time of the year.