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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XL 



Superintending Indians. — The Storm El Norte. — Arrival of Don 

 Simon. — Subterraneous Chambers. — Discovery of broken Pot- 

 tery and a Terra Cotta Vase. — Great Number of these Cham- 

 bers. — Their probable Uses. — Harvest of the Maize Crop. — 

 Practical Views. — System of Agriculture in Yucatan. — Planting 

 of Corn. — A primitive Threshing Machine. — News from Home. 

 — More Practice in Surgery. — A rude Bedstead. — A Leg Pa- 

 tient. — An Arm Patient. — Increasing Sickness on the Hacien- 

 da. — Death of an Indian Woman. — A Campo Santo. — Digging 

 a Grave. — An Indian Funeral Page 225 



CHAPTER XII. 



Means by which the City was supplied with Water. — Aguadas. — 

 A delightful Bathing-place. — Manner of Living at the Ruins. 

 — How to roast a Pig. — Nameless Mound. — Excavations made 

 in it. — Great Exertions. — A bitter Disappointment. — An Attack 

 of Fever. — Visit from the Cura of Ticul. — Departure for Ticul. 

 — A painful Journey. — Arrival at the Convent. — Arrival of Dr. 

 Cabot, ill with Fever. — Gloomy Prospects. — A simple Remedy 

 for Fever. — Aspect of Ticul. — The Church. — Funeral Urn. — 

 Monument and Inscription. — Convent. — Character of the Cura 

 Carillo.— The Date of the Construction of the Convent un- 

 known. — Probably built with the Materials furnished by the 

 Ruins of former Cities. — Archives of the Convent . . 248 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Another ruined City. — Relics. — Ruins of San Francisco. — Proved 

 to be those of the Aboriginal City of the name Ticul. — A beau- 

 tiful Vase. — Search for a Sepulchre. — Discovery of a Skeleton 

 and Vase.— An Indian Needle. — These Cities not built by De- 

 scendants of Egyptians. — Their Antiquity not very great. — Ex- 

 amination of the Skeleton by Doctor Morton, and his Opinion. 

 — Mummies from Peru. — These Cities built by the Ancestors 

 of the present Race of Indians. — The Seybo Tree. — The Campo 

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