INDEX. 



257 



Meadow lark of America, shot by the author, near San Rafael, i. 32 



Medical directions for the preservation of health, ii. 239 



Medicine and surgery not much studied, i. 228 



Meat, description of the market for, i. 190 



Mines, school of, in Mexico, i. 159 — of Themascaltepec, ii. 162 



Mineria, its collection of antiquities, ii. 68 



Mint, and the process of coining- in Mexico, i. 194 



Mineral wealth of Mexico, ii. 224 



Mind, state of, its influence on the body, ii. 244 



Mirage, or Fata Morgana, an optical deception near Xalapa, i. 73 

 Mimosas, plants of great beauty in the vicinity of Puente, ii. 216 

 Milliners, a few dashing English ones, would soon make large fortunes 



in Mexico, ii. 213 — of Mexico, their grotesque appearance, i. 202 

 Miller, Mr., Kingston, Jamaica, is forming a collection, of the natural 



history of the island, i. 4 — his civility, ib. 

 Montezuma, the matchless splendour of his court, ii . 41 — a banquet 

 described, 42 — his palaces and gardens, 44 — collection of birds and 

 beasts, 46 — 30,000 victims sacrificed at his coronation, 72 — his bath 

 and palaces in the mountain of Tescosingo, 124 — his cave, 201 

 Modelling in cloth, skill of the Mexicans in, ii. 178 

 Modelling in wax, the Mexicans greatly excel in, i. 165 

 Mules, largeness and excellence of, i. 242 



Museum, a national one now forming in Mexico, the government has 



interdicted the removal of any antiquities from the country, ii. 74 

 Napaluca, village of, i 77 — ib. ii. 180 

 Nopal, or prickly pear, i 64 — its enormous size, 71 

 Norte, the tempest so called in the gulph of Mexico, nearly fatal to 



the vessel which carried out the author, i. 10 

 Nuns of the island of St.Michael's famous for making artificial flowers 



with feathers, ii. 237 

 Oak and pine trees surpass any found in the Alps ©r Norway, ii. 84 

 Ocho d'Agua, a village abounding in game, i. 76 

 Orioles, both red and black, in great abundance at Ocho d'Agua, i. 76 

 Orizaba, awful appearance of that gigantic mountain, i. 7 — seen at 150 



miles distance, ib. 

 Otterro and Obergon, Messrs., the original discoverers of the Valen- 



ciana mines, ii 225 

 Palanque, a beautiful city, from the am ient drawings of it, ii. 68 

 Paving of the streets at Puebla de los Angeles superior to that of 



England or any other country — its peculiarity described, i. 83 



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