Note 976 — Chapter III
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Anahuac, or Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern (London, 1861). Tylor enlarges upon what he considers the evidences of immense populations; and respecting some of their arts he adds, from inspection of specimens of their handicraft, that “the Spanish conquerors were not romancing in the wonderful stories they told of the skill of the native goldsmiths.” On the other hand, Morgan (Houses and House Life, 223) thinks the figures of population grossly exaggerated.