CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I[Yucatan, the Land of the Mayas]3
II[The Church of San Isidro and Its Fragrant Legend]24
III[The First Americans]32
IV[Don Eduardo’s First View of the City of the Sacred Well]49
V[The Ancient City]58
VI[An Idle Day in the Jungle]88
VII[The Sacred Well]97
VIII[Sixty Feet Under Water]118
IX[Two Legends]150
X[The Conquest]166
XI[The Finding of the Date-Stone]179
XII[The Construction of Maya Buildings]198
XIII[Story-Tellers of Yucatan]198
XIV[Forgotten Michael Angelos]211
XV[The Tomb of the High Priest]236
XVI[The Legend of the Sacrificial Pilgrimage]261
XVII[Thirty Years of Digging]278
[Appendix]285