[APPENDIX.]
I. The Manufacture of Obsidian Knives.
II. On the Solar Eclipses recorded in the Le Tellier MS.
III. Table of Aztec roots.
IV. Glossary.
V. Ancient Mexican mosaic work (in Mr. Christy’s Collection).
VI. Dasent’s Essay on the Ethnographical value of Popular Tales and Legends.
[INDEX.]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS:
PLATES:
WOODCUTS:
(The cuts of smaller objects of antiquity, and articles at present in use, have been drawn from specimens in the Collection of Henry Christy, Esq.)
| [Indian Tlachiquero, collecting juice of the Agave for Pulque.] |
| [View of Part of the Valley of Mexico.] |
| [Water-carrier and Mexican Woman at the Fountain.] |
| [Group of Mexican Ecclesiastics.] |
| [Stone Spear-heads, and Obsidian Knives and Arrow-heads, from Mexico.] |
| [Fluted Prism of Obsidian, and Knife-flakes.] |
| [Mexican Arrow-heads of Obsidian.] |
| [Aztec Stone-knife, with wooden handle, inlaid with mosaic work.] |
| [Aztec Head in Terra-cotta.] |
| [The Rebozo and the Serape.] |
| [Aztec Bridge near Tezcuco.] |
| [Spanish-Mexican Saddle and appendages.] |
| [Spanish-Mexican Bit, with ring and chain.] |
| [Sculptured Panel, from Xochicalco. (After Nebel).] |
| [Small Aztec Head in Terra-cotta.] |
| [Ixtacalco Church.] |
| [Spanish-Mexican Spurs.] |
| [Goddess of War. (After Nebel).] |
| [Three Views of a Sacrificial Collar or Clamp, carved out of hard stone.] |
| [Two Views of a Mask, carved out of hard stone.] |
| [Ancient Bronze Bells.] |
| [Spanish-Mexican Cock-spurs.] |
| [Leather Sandals.] |
| [Mexican Costumes. (After Nebel).] |
| [View of Orizaba.] |
| [Indians of the Plateau. (After Nebel).] |