XI.

Aztec Character [111]-123

Unreliable testimony, [111]—Hieroglyphics, [111]—Paintings, [112]—"Wanderings of the Aztecs," [112]—Religion, [114]—A future life, [114]—Funeral customs, [114]—Domestic life, [115]—Laws, [115]—Music, [115]—The Aztec calendar, [115]—Divisions of time, [116]—Names of days, etc., [117]—Opinions of antiquarians, [117]—The cycle, [118]—Unlucky days, [118]—Agriculture, [119]—Irrigation, [119]—A gentle race, [120]—The Priestesses, [121]—Coatlicue, the goddess of the earth, [122]—Source of Aztec greatness, [122]—A fatal policy, [123].