CONTENTS. 



V 



The military drefs of the king 



162 



The arms of the Mexicans 



ibid. 



Standards and martial mufic 



. 166* ' 



The mode of declaring and carrying on war 



168 



Fortifications ..... 



. 172 



Floating fields and gardens of the Mexican lake 



176 



Manner of cultivating the earth 



. 177 



Threfhing-floors and granaries 



179 



Kitchen and other gardens and woods 



180 



Plants moft cultivated by the Mexicans 



182 



Animals bred by the Mexicans 



. 183 



Chafe of the Mexicans 



184 



Filhing ..... 



187 



Commerce ..... 



188 



Money ..... 



. 191 



Regulations of the market 



192 



Cuftoms of the merchants in their journeys 



• 193 



Roads, houfes for travellers, veffels, and bridges 



194 



Men who carried burdens 



196 



Mexican language .... 



197 



Eloquence and poetry . . . 



202 



Mexican theatre .... 



204 



Mufic ...... 



207 - 



Dancing . , . 



208 ✓ 



Games ..... 



211 



Different kinds of Mexican paintings 



2l6 



Cloths and Colours .... 



219 



Character of their paintings and mode of reprefenting 



objects 221 



Sculpture ..... 



225 



Calling of metals . , 



227 



Mofaic works ..... 



228 



Civil architecture .... 



231 



Aqueducts and Ways upon the lake 



• 2 35 



Remains of ancient edifices . « 



236 



Stone-cutters, engravers, jewellers, and potters 



< 238 



Carpenters, weavers, &c. 



240 



Lift of the rarities fent by Cortes to Charles V. 



242 



Knowledge of nature, and ufe of medicinal fimples 



244 



Oils, ointments, and infufions . 



. 247 



Blood-letting and baths 



ibid. 





Temazcalli, 



