CONTENTS

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I.[Flying Impressions between Charleston-Kanawha and New Orleans,]15
II.[The Life and Color of New Orleans,]25
III.[Southwestward to the Border,]36
IV.[On to Mexico City,]44
V.[First Impressions of Mexico City,]56
VI.[Vivid Characteristics of Mexican Life,]65
VII.[A Mexican Bullfight,]75
VIII.[From Pullman Car to Mule-back,]86
IX.[A Journey Over Lofty Tablelands,]99
X.[A Provincial Despot and His Residence,]107
XI.[Inguran Mines—Five Thousand Six Hundred Feet Below Ario,]117
XII.[Antique Methods of Mining,]128
XIII.[Some Tropical Financial Morality,]142
XIV.[Wayside Incidents in the Land of Heat,]157
XV.[Morelia—The Capital of the State of Michoacan—Her Streets—Her Parks—Her Churches—Her Music,]168
XVI.[Morelia and Toluca—The Markets—The Colleges—The Schools—The Ancient and the Modern Spirit,]181
XVII.[Cuernavaca—The Country Seat of Montezuma, of Cortez and Spanish Viceroys, of Maximilian—A Pleasant Watering Place of Modern Mexico,]188
XVIII.[The Journey by Night from Mexico City—Over the Mountains to the Sea Coast—The Ancient City of Vera Cruz,]198
XIX.[Voyaging Across the Gulf of Mexico and Straits of Yucatan from Vera Cruz to Progresso and Havana,]210
XX.[The City of “Habana”—Incidents of a Day’s Sojourn in the Cuban Capital,]220
XXI.[Cuba—The Fortress of La Cabaña,]236
XXII.[Cuba—Her Fertile Sugar Lands—Matanzas by the Sea,]247
XXIII.[Cuba—The Tobacco Lands of Guanajay—The Town and the Bay of Mariel,]259
XXIV.[Steamer Mascot—Conclusion,]270