CONTENTS.

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I.The Kingdom of Guatemala[1]
II.The Atlantic Coast and its Connections[25]
III.Across the Continent Westward to Coban[66]
IV.From Coban to Quezaltenango[103]
V.From Quezaltenango to the Pacific[148]
VI.Guatemala City[171]
VII.Guatemala to Esquipulas[190]
VIII.Esquipulas and Quirigua[201]
IX.In the Olden Time[228]
X.The Republic of Guatemala[281]
XI.Vegetable and Animal Productions[323]
XII.Earthquakes and Volcanoes[377]
APPENDIX[411]
INDEX[445]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Monolith at Quirigua (A) [Frontispiece]
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A Street in Livingston [28]
Interior of a Carib House [30]
Grating Cassava [32]
Weaving a Serpiente [36]
El Rio Chocon [44]
Coban Church and Plaza (from the tower of the Cabildo) [94]
Frank and his Mare Mabel [106]
Chicaman (two views taken from the same place before sunrise) [109]
Valley of the Chixoy [114]
Plaza of Sacapulas [118]
Totonicapan Valley [138]
Lago de Atitlan (from the road above Panajachel) [156]
A Street in Guatemala City [177]
Guatemala City (from the Church of the Carmen) [178]
Santuario at Esquipulas [202]
Monolith at Quirigua (E) [218]
Altar-Stones at Quirigua [222]
Ethnographic Chart (after Dr. Stoll) [271]
A Group of Carib Children [272]
Two Carib Boys [274]
A Carib plaiting a Petaca [276]
A Court Scene in Livingston [318]
In the Forest [324]
Cohune Palms (Attalea cohune, Mart.) [330]
Volcan de Fuego (from the Cabildo, Antigua) [392]
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Figures (from an ancient Manuscript) [vii]
Luciano Calletano (captain at Chocon) [24]
Barrack Point, Livingston [27]
Entrance to the Rio Dulce [41]
Female Iguanas [47]
Barbecue at Benito [50]
Section of Vejuco de Agua [54]
Dragon Rock, Chocon [55]
San Gil (from the author’s house at Livingston) [59]
Puerto Barrios [61]
Sulphur Spring [63]
Paddle and Machete [65]
Castillo de San Felipe (plan drawn by F. E. Blaisdell) [69]
Making Tortillas [71]
Roof-tile (from a sketch by F. E. Blaisdell) [89]
In Hotel Aleman [91]
Plan of Hotel Aleman (by F. E. Blaisdell) [92]
The Cabildo of Coban [93]
Interior of the Church at Coban [94]
Pattern of Cloth [95]
Quetzal (Macropharus mocino) [97]
Indio of Coban [99]
Cuartillo of Guatemala [102]
Rope Bridge over the Chixoy [107]
Quiché Altar of Tohil (Sacrificatorio) [122]
Marimba [123]
Jicara [124]
Sololà and Volcan de Atitlan [132]
Church at Quezaltenango [143]
Manuel Lisandro Barillas (President of Guatemala) [145]
Alcaldes of Quezaltenango [146]
Cuatro-Reales of Honduras [147]
J. Rufino Barrios (photograph taken in 1883) [149]
Boat on the Lago de Atitlan [153]
Washout in the Road [157]
Antigua and the Volcan de Agua [159]
Ruined Church in Antigua Guatemala [161]
Railroads for Guatemala [168]
Bread-fruit (Artocarpus incisa) [170]
Section of Boat at Amatitlan [174]
Church of the Carmen [179]
Spanish Stirrup (of the time of Cortez) [184]
Terra-cotta Figurines [184]
Indian Pottery [189]
Pacaya, Fuego, Agua [190]
Hunapu from the Eastward [191]
Mozo on the Road [198]
Lava Mask in the Museo Nacional [200]
Incense-Burner (about half the size of the original) [207]
Remains at Quirigua (from Mr. Maudslay’s plan) [217]
Monolith at Quirigua (F) [219]
Monolith E (portion of back) [221]
Izabal (from the end of the wharf) [225]
Whistle from Las Quebradas [227]
Ancient Temple (from an old Manuscript) [245]
Indio sacrificing Blood from his Tongue (Kingsborough) [246]
Ideographs [251]
Ancient Incense-burner [251]
Stone Ring for Ball Game (at Chichen Itza) [257]
A Carib Woman [272]
Indian Women, Pocomam Tribe [275]
Mozos de Cargo, Quiché [279]
Carved Stone Seat (Museo Nacional) [280]
Arms of Guatemala [281]
Rafael Carrera (from a silver dollar) [288]
Matapalo-Tree [326]
Attalea cohune (flowers and fruit) [330]
Leaf Tip of Climbing Palm (Desmoncus) [332]
Indian Plough; a Type of Guatemaltecan Agriculture [340]
A Primitive Sugar-mill (common at Livingston) [341]
Theobroma cacao (chocolate tree) [346]
Castilloa elastica (India-rubber tree) [347]
A Bunch of Plantains (young) [352]
Pounding Rice [356]
Growth of a Young Coconut [360]
Passiflora Brighami [376]
Congrehoy Peak [384]
Coseguina (from the sea) [399]
Group (from an ancient Manuscript) [442]
MAPS.
Central America [6]
Lago de Atitlan [154]
Central American Volcanoes [377]
Lago de Ilopango [403]
Guatemala [End of Book]