CONTENT 



S 





OF VOLUME I. 







Translator's Preface . . . , 





vii. 



Author's Preface .... 



« • 



ix. 



Account of the Writers of the ancient 



History 





OF Mexico, and of Mexican Paintings 





xvii. 



BOOK I. 







Divifion of the country of Anahuac 





2 



Provinces of the kingdom of Mexico, . 







Rivers, lakes, and fountains, 





1 1 



Climate of Anahuac ... 





. I? 



Mountains, ftones, and minerals 





17 



Plants efteemed for their flowers 







Plants valued for their fruit 





26 



Plants valued for their roots, leaves, trunk, or wood 



. 36 



Plants of ufe for their refm, gum, oil, and juice 





42 



Quadrupeds of the kingdom of Anahuac 





. 48 



Birds of Mexico ..... 





61 



Reptiles of Mexico .... 





. 75 



Fifh of the feas, rivers^ and lakes of Anahuac 





82 



The infeds of Mexico 





. 89 



Characters of the Mexicans and other nations of Anahuac 



103 





BOOK. 



