Anahuac

or,
Mexico and the Mexicans,
Ancient and Modern

by Edward Burnett Tylor

1861

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

[INTRODUCTION.]

[ITINERARY.]

[CHAPTER I.]
Cuba. Volantes. A Cuban Railway. Voyage. Passports. Isle of Pines. Mosquitos. Pirates. Runaway slaves. Baths of Santa Fé. Alligators. The Cura. Missionary Priest. Florida Colonists. Blacks in the West Indies. Chinese and African slaves.

[CHAPTER II.]
Players and Political Adventurers. Voyage. Yucatan. Slave-trade in Natives. The Ten Tribes. Vera Cruz. Don Ignacio Comonfort. Mexican Politics. Casualties. The City of the Dead. Turkey-buzzards. Northers. The “temperate region.” Cordova. The Chipi-chipi. The “cold region.” Mirage. Sand-pillars. The rainy season. Plundered passengers. Robber-priest. Aztec remains. Aloe-fields. Houses of mud-bricks. Huts of aloes. Mexican churches. Mexican roads. Making pulque.