MAP OF YUCATAN. 



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every day. There was but one drawback. We 

 had no servant or attendant of any kind, our friends 

 having been disappointed in procuring those which 

 were expected. This, however, did not give us 

 much uneasiness. 



The day was overcast, which saved us from the 

 scorching sun, that otherwise, at this hour, would 

 have molested us. The road was straight, level, 

 stony, and uninteresting. On both sides were low, 

 thick woods, so that there was no view except that 

 of the road before us ; and already, in the beginning 

 of our journey, we felt that, if we were safe from 

 the confusion and danger which had attended us in 

 Central America, we had lost, too, the mountains, 

 valleys, volcanoes, rivers, and all the wild and mag- 

 nificent scenery that gave a charm to the country 

 in spite of the difficulties and dangers by which 

 travelling was there attended. 



I would remark that no map of Yucatan at all to 

 be depended on has ever been published. The 

 Dona Joaquina Peon had one in manuscript, which 

 she was so kind as to place at our disposal, but with 

 notice that it was not correct ; and, in order to keep 

 a record of our own track from the time we left 

 Merida until we returned to it, we took the bearings 

 of the roads, noted the number of hours on each 

 day's journey, and the pace of our horses, and at 

 some places Mr. Catherwood took an observation 

 for latitude. From these memoranda our map is 

 prepared. It is correct so far as regards our route, 



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