ILLUSTRATIONS.

View of Popocatepetl

Map of Mexico with its Railways

Route of the Boy Travellers in Mexico

A Next-door Neighbor

The Mexican Frontier

Scene on the Pennsylvania Railroad

Street in El Paso

Bridge over the Mississippi at St. Louis

The Alamo Mission, San Antonio

General Sam Houston, Liberator of Texas

"G. T. T."

Mexico, showing Present and Old Frontier

A Group of Texan Hunters

View in San Antonio, Texas

On the Banks of the Rio Grande

Indian Water-carriers

An old Mexican Chapel by Moonlight

View in Nuevo Laredo

Watching the Frontier

Landscape near the Border

A Mexican Muleteer

A Solid Silver Spur

A Group of Adobe Houses

The Land of Mañana

The Threshing-floor

Saddle Mountain, Monterey

View of the Sierras

View of Monterey

The Plaza de Zaragoza

General Taylor's Attack on Monterey, September 21, 1846

The Bishop's Palace

Z. Taylor

Officers' Uniforms in 1860

Mountain Scene near Monterey

The Alameda, Monterey

Native Pottery

A Scene in the Market

A Court-yard in Monterey

A Window in Monterey

View of Sierras from Bishop's Palace

Santa Caterina, near Monterey

The Organ Cactus

Varieties of Cactus

In the San Juan Valley

A Solid Citizen

On the Road to Buena Vista

A Servant at the Hacienda

Near the Kitchen

Making Tortillas

A Primitive Kitchen

The Guide on the Battle-field

The Battle of Buena Vista

Boll of Mexican Cotton Plant

Picking Cotton

Departure of the Diligence

On the Road

Fight between Brigands and Soldiers

Encampment of Brigands

A King of the Road

Cavalry Pursuing a Band of Robbers

Hotel by the Way-side

Street Scene at Jaral

El Real de Santa Eulalia

The Ravine where the Outcasts Lived

On the Edge of the Cotton Field

"Cotton is King"

View in the Mining Region

Convent and Fountain

A Silver-producing Valley

Cactus Growths near Zacatecas

Field with Adobe Walls

A Mexican Arastra

Carrying Ore to the Reduction-works

A Mexican Crusher

Bringing Ore from the Mines

Mexican Bellows

Mexican Smelting-furnace

An Old-fashioned Plough

Farm-laborer in a Grass Cloak

Hacienda near the City

Prisoners at Work in the Jail

Of Spanish Blood

Indian Girls at a Spring

A Dry Barranca

Church of San Diego, Guanajuato

Court-yard of a Mexican Tenement-house

Superintendent's House at Silver Reduction-works

A Ton of Silver

A Mexican Beggar

Old Convent now used as Barracks

A Leading Citizen

Prisoners Breaking Ore

Sloping Ladders in a Silver-mine

Opening a New Mine

Entrance of a Mine Not in Operation

A Cotton Factory, Queretaro

Aqueduct of Queretaro

Queretaro

A Mexican Cavalry Soldier

A Mexican Infantry Soldier

Line of Defence held by Maximilian during the Siege of Queretaro

First Protestant Church in Mexico

Pueblo at Taos, New Mexico

Garden of a Mexican Convent

Interior of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, City of Mexico

Rev. John L. Stephens, a Martyr Missionary

In the Cathedral

Mexican Priests

Comparative Level of Lakes

The Great Spanish Drainage-cut

Young Girls of Tula

Environs of Mexico

A Member of the Church Party

Transcontinental Profile of Mexico

Interior Court-yard of a Mexican Hotel

Street View in the Capital

On the Way to Morning Mass

A Modern Street Front

Mexican Lottery Ticket

Flower-girl

The Cathedral, City of Mexico

Moonlight View of Plaza and Cathedral

Augustin de Iturbide, Grandson of the Liberator

Granting Absolution in the Cathedral

Ready for Mass

Old Spanish Palace in the Calle de Jesus

Church built by Cortez

The Aztec Calendar-stone

Indian Picture-writing

Tenochtitlan, a.d. 1517

First Cavalry Charge by Cortez

A Flower-show in the Zocalo

How the Mantilla is Worn

The Trogon

Near the Plaza

Wax Model of Water-carrier

Ancient Indian Pottery

Mexican House-maid and Children

The Sacrificial Stone

One Form of Sacrificial Stone

Sacrificial Collar

The Form of Sacrifice

Sculptures from Tizoc's Stone

Gladiatorial Stone—from an Aztec Drawing

Huitzilopochtli, the God of War

The National Palace

Gen. Manuel Gonzales, former President of Mexico

Collateral in the Monte de Piedad

To the Pawn-shop

Occasional Patrons of the Monte de Piedad

A Gift to Fred

"My house and all it contains are yours"

Seeing and Being Seen

The Market-place, City of Mexico

Interior of a House near the Market-place

Mexican Bird-sellers

View on the Canal

Residence on the Banks of the Canal

Sunday Diversions at Santa Anita

Crew of a Cargo-boat

Chinampas, or Floating Gardens

Peon's House on a Chinampa

Cactus Growths near the Hill of Estrella

Rock Inscriptions made by Ancient Aztecs

Home Scene near the Lake

A Dead Fly

Ruins of a Toltec House

A Fortunate Bear

Mexican Courtship

Code-signalling with the Fan

"There he is"

A Student of "El Secretario"

Mexican Wedding in the Country

Flowers for a Lady

Funeral of General Doblado, Guanajuato

Soldiers' Monument in the American Cemetery

Taking Things Easy

A Charcoal Peddler

A Mexican Wash-house

The Landing of Columbus

Mexican Sculpture—Door-way of Church of San José

Las Casas Protecting the Aztecs

The Death of Atala

A Successful Artist at Work

Maguey Plant

The Tlachiquero

Extracting Aguamiel

A Glass of Aguardiente

"Not caught yet"

A Magistrate

An Old Offender

Scene of the Capture

A Corner of Chapultepec

Montezuma's Tree

Statue of Columbus on the Paseo de la Reforma

San Cosme Aqueduct

Montezuma's Bath

Chapultepec and its Gardens

El Salto del Agua

An Aztec Relic

The Valley of Mexico, from the American Official Map

View of the Fort of San Juan de Ulloa from Vera Cruz

Battle of Cerro Gordo

General Santa Anna

Battle of Churubusco—Charge of the "Palmettos"

Storming of Molino del Rey

General Scott's Entrance into Mexico

Captured at Chapultepec

A Scene of Peace

The Noche Triste Tree

Departure of Cortez from Cuba

The First Mass in the Temples of Yucatan

Battle with the Indians

First View of the Mexican Capital

The Meeting of Cortez and Montezuma

The Battle upon the Causeway

The Capture of Guatemozin

Ponce de Leon

The Church of Guadalupe

Statuette of the Virgin Mary

Making a Pilgrimage Comfortably

The Penitentes Walking on Cactus-leaves

San Franciscan Mission

Indian of Northern Mexico

A Mestizo Woman

Indian Girl Spinning Cotton

Peddler of Wooden Trays

Charcoal Vender

Of the Old Aristocracy

A Creole Residence

Group of Mexican Horsemen

A Society Belle

A Mexican Grandee

A Sermon in the Church

Church of San Domingo

Torture Chamber

Prisoners of the Inquisition

A Residence in the Foot-hills

The Valley of Amecameca

Iztaccihuatl, the White Woman

Along the Trail

Dwarf Pines at a High Elevation

The Dome of Popocatepetl from Tlamacas

Mexican Saw-mill

Hacienda of Tomacoco

Volcaneros (Miners)

In the Pine Region

El Pico del Fraile

Not a Good Climber

"No mountain for me!"

"Hurrah for the top!"

The Crater of Popocatepetl

Bringing Ice from the Mountain

Pack-train from Tlamacas

An Improved Refinery

Looking from the Top of Popocatepetl

A Dangerous Place

Ruins of Tlalmanalco

Burial-ground of Tenenepanco

Vases Found at Tenenepanco

Caricature of an Aztec Warrior

Ancient Aztec Vases

Wants a Souvenir

Ruins of San Lazero

On the Way to Church

Monks at their Musical Exercise

A Belle of the Opera

A Stage Brigand

Tivoli Garden, San Cosme

Teasing the Bull

Picadores

The Matador's Triumph

The Final Blow

Scenes at a Bull-fight

A Bull-ring of the Highest Class

A School on the Old Model

Figure of Joseph (Procession of the Posada)

The Railway Judas

Warrior's Profile, found at Tula

Church and Part of Plaza at Tula

Toltec King and his Throne

Ruins of a Toltec Palace

The Pyramid of the Sun at Tula

Parts of a Column, Tula

Toltec Caryatid, Tula

Native Hut on a Sugar Estate

Henequin Plant

Fight between Regulars and Insurgents

Railway Crossing a Barranca

A Product of Cuautla

Travellers Resting

Over the Hills

A Scorpion of Cuernavaca

A Church Going to Decay

Mexican House with Tiled Roof

Climbing the Heights

A Way-side Shrine

On the Road to Acapulco

A Country Hotel

Galleon of the Sixteenth Century

Town and Castle of Acapulco

A Scene on the Diligence Road

An Interior Town

At the Hacienda

A Corner of the Market-place

Court-yard of a Private House

In the Poor Quarters

Mexicans Planting Corn

A Rodeo

Driving a Herd

President Porfirio Diaz

View in Oajaca

Saved from the Sea

House with Tile Front

American Residents of Mexico

A Military Post

A Country Post-office

Compositor for The Two Republics

Surveying under Difficulties

Ruins of the Covered Way to the Inquisition

Cathedral of Puebla

Street Scene in Puebla

Part of Puebla

Pyramid of Cholula

View from the Top of the Pyramid

Sport at Cholula

Local Freight Train

A Relic of the Past

Indian Farm Laborers

An Aztec Relic

Interior of an Old Church

First Christian Pulpit in America

Old Baptismal Font, Tlascala

Ancient Bells

A Native Ploughman

The "Portales," or Covered Walks

Map of Railway between City of Mexico and Vera Cruz

Double-ender Locomotive on Mexican Railway

View of Orizaba

The River at Orizaba

Hill of El Barrago

Orange Grove in Cordoba

Coffee-drying

Bridge of Attoyac

In Tierra Caliente

Vera Cruz, looking seaward

After the Vomito

A Coffee-carrier

Fountain at Vera Cruz

The Governor's Palace

On the Way to the Fort

The National Bridge.—Robbing a Coach

Sketched at Rinconada

Part of Jalapa

A Narrow Street

Exterior of a Church

A Tourist

On the River's Bank

A Steamship on a Platform Car

Plane and Elevation of Terminus

Tank Carriage

Section of Part of Cradle Carriage

Map of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Mahogany Hunters

Travelling in Tabasco

Plan of Part of the Palace at Palenque

Medallion Bass-relief

Idol in Temple at Lorillard City

The Cross of Palenque

Grand Hall at Mitla

Exterior of Temple at Mitla

In the Forest

John L. Stephens

Seeking the Mysterious City

Campeachy Tobacco

The Quezal

Difficulties of Travel in Campeachy

Map of Yucatan

Tropical Railway Train and Station

Flock of Pelicans

Sisal-hemp

Indians of Yucatan

Retreating from Hostile Indians

In the Outskirts

The Calesa.—Entrance of a Merida House

House built by Montejo

Musical Instruments

Municipal Palace and Square, Merida

Dancing Scene

Native Village in the Interior

Fruit-sellers in the Market-place

Sitting for her Portrait

In the Market-place

No more "Loteria"

Hammock Lodgings in the Country

View on a Back Street

Scene in a Ball-room

Indians Dancing

Preparing for the Ball

A Volan Coché

A Street in Merida

A Primitive Sugar-mill

Railway-station in the Henequin District

Storehouse at the Hacienda

A Morning Run

A Corner of the Hacienda

An Underground Walk

Formation of Stalactites

At a Noria

At Home in Merida

Scene of the Heetzmek

Garden of the Hacienda

Native Village near Uxmal

Hunting the Iguana

What Perfumes the Honey

The Sierra from the Garden of the Hacienda

Side of Ancient Altar

Archway of Las Monjas, Uxmal

Hacienda of Uxmal

Dwarf's House and East Wing of the Casa de las Monjas

Façade of West Wing of Casa de las Monjas

Ground-plan of Las Monjas

Casa del Gobernador

Ground-plan of Casa del Gobernador

Statue of Double-headed Dog, Uxmal

Decorations over Door-way of Casa del Gobernador

An Unwelcome Visitor

Statue of Chac-Mool

Maya Arches

Yucateo Sculpture

Great Mound at Mayapan

Circular Edifice at Mayapan

Sculptured Head of Yucatan

Pillars of Great Gallery, Aké

Head of Incense-burner

Maya Sculpture (Profile

Ruined Arch at Kabah

Façade of El Castillo

Bass-relief, Chichen-Itza

Door-posts in Tennis-court

Casa Colorada

Head of War-god, from Copan

Idol of Copan (from Stephens)

Decoration over Door-way

Map of Central America

In a Central American Forest

Government Palace, San José

Central American Lodgings

Banana Plantation in Costa Rica

Don Bernardo de Soto, President of Costa Rica

Gen. Luis Bogran, President of Honduras

Tegucigalpa, Capital of Honduras

Street in Yuscaran

Old Bridge at Tegucigalpa

Statue of Morazan, Tegucigalpa

Bird's-eye View of the Nicaragua Canal

Profile of Nicaragua Canal

A Section of the Canal

River San Juan at Toro Rapids

Street in Greytown

El Castillo, San Juan River

View of Lake Nicaragua

Mozo in Full Dress

Fort San Carlos

Native Boats, Lake Nicaragua

Central American Hacienda

Birds of Nicaragua