PULQUE GATHERERS NEAR T0EUCA, MEXICO 



Toluca is nearly a thousand feet higher than Mexico City, which, in its turn, is a mile 

 and a half higher than Washington or New York. It is too high for dogs, cats, and insects, 

 which are scarcer here than in almost any other city in the country. 



impulse acting in the most opposite quar- 

 ters of the globe, and the Asiatic, the 

 European, and the American, each ear- 

 nestly invoking the holy name of religion 

 in the perpetration of human butchery. 



The dress of the higher warriors was 

 picturesque and often magnificent. Their 

 bodies were covered with a close vest of 

 quilted cotton, so thick as to be impene- 

 trable to the light missiles of Indian war- 

 fare. This garment was so light and 

 serviceable that it was adopted by the 

 Spaniards. The wealthier chiefs some- 

 times wore, instead of this cotton mail, a 

 cuirass made of thin plates of gold or 

 silver. Over it was thrown a surcoat of 

 the gorgeous feather-work in which they 

 excelled. Their helmets were sometimes 

 of wood, fashioned like the heads of wild 

 animals, and sometimes of silver, on the 

 top of which waved a panache of varie- 

 gated plumes, sprinkled with precious 

 stones and ornaments of gold. They also 



wore collars, bracelets, and ear-rings of 

 the same rich material. 



The national standard, which has been 

 compared to the ancient Roman, dis- 

 played, in its embroidery of gold and 

 feather-work, the armorial ensigns of the 

 state. These were significant of its name, 

 which, as the names of both persons and 

 places were borrowed from some mate- 

 rial object, was easily expressed by hiero- 

 glyphical symbols. The companies and 

 the great chiefs had also their appropriate 

 banners and devices, and the gaudy hues 

 of their many-colored plumes gave a daz- 

 zling splendor to the spectacle. 



MARCHED SINGING INTO BATTEE 



Their tactics were such as belong to a 

 nation with whom war, though a trade, 

 is not elevated to the rank of a science. 

 They advanced singing and shouting their 

 war-cries, briskly charging the enemy, as 

 rapidly retreating, and making use of am- 



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