ILLUSTRATIONS

A Chieftain Dressed for the Easter Ceremony of the Yaqui Indians

In Those Days Trains Did Not Venture to Run at Night Across the Sonora Desert

An Escort of Soldiers Occupied a Freight Car Ahead as a Precaution Against Bandits

A Burro Train Laden with Bullion from the Mines

La Colorada, Once the Home of Gold Mines, Now Served Only as a Depot for Trucks That Crossed the Desert

Indian Women, Pounding Clothes upon the Rocks Beside a Shallow Brook, Ceased Their Work to Stare

The Christ Was Represented by a Cheap Rag Doll Cradled in a Wicker Basket

For Three Days the Indians Neither Ate Nor Slept, Refreshing Themselves Only with Mescal

The Mexican Señorita Has Always Been Portrayed in Our Fiction as a Wild Vampire

In the Days of Carranza One Frequently Saw a Bandit Hanging Around the Railway

Pedro Zamorra Had Removed a Few Ties Where the Train Came Around a Bend

So Worthless Were the Federal Troops That Many Americans Professed a Preference for Bandits

The Orange Trees in Guadalajara’s Plaza Were Golden Throughout the Year

Mexico City, One of the Most Ornate Capitals in the Western Hemisphere, Somewhat Resembled Paris

The Mexican Pyramids Probably Antedate Those of Egypt by a Thousand Years or More

In the Gardens of Xochimilco, Relics of an Aztec Paradise, Only the Cabbages Were in Bloom

Mexican Policemen in White Spats

No Latin-American Village Is So Tiny But That It Has a Square Devoted to Bartering

The Mexican Peon So Loves the Excitement of the Market That He Refuses to Sell His Goods Elsewhere

The Tehuana Maidens Regarded a Man as a Luxury Rather Than a Necessity

The Abundant Central-American Volcanoes Fertilize the Coffee Fincas with Lava Dust

Guatemala’s Population Includes a Million Pure-blooded Aborigines

Occasionally the Resultant Earthquakes Knock Down a City or Destroy the Guatemalan Cathedral

When Orellana Started a Revolution, President Herrera Made No Strenuous Objection

The Only Casualties Were a Few Policemen Who Mistook the Revolution for a Disorderly Demonstration

A Banana-Boat Loading on the East Coast

In These Pleasant Tropical Countries No Peon Girl Escapes Maternity

From His Palace the President Could Watch the Treasury to See That No One Stole the National Debt

Soldiers Stopped a Pedestrian at Every Corner to Search for Weapons

The Warship Rochester Had Anchored at Amapala on What Was Described as a Courtesy Visit

The American Intervention Had Brought Peace, but Managua’s Dusty Streets Suggested no Prosperity

If the American Marines Were Withdrawn from Nicaragua a Revolution Would Transpire Over-Night

For Three Days the Boatmen Poled the Launch Through Shallows Framed in Rank Green Jungle

Greytown Was a Typical East Coast Port—Low, Swampy and Unattractive—With Black Complexions Prevailing

San José Contains the Most Delightful Plazas and the Most Beautiful Women in the World

A Machine-Gun Tower Built by the Tyrant Tinoco

In Its Interior Decoration the Costa Rican National Theater Equals Any Theater in the United States