CONTENTS. 



vii 



Ruins. — Wants. — Moonlight Scene. — Painting. — Circular 

 Holes. — Range of Buildings. — Staircases. — Ornaments in Stuc- 

 co. — Rain. — Love of the Marvellous . . . . Page 157 



CHAPTER X. 



Departure from Labphak. — Sugar Ranchos. — Hacienda of Jalasac. 

 — Cultivation of Sugar. — Another Rancho. — Its neat Appear- 

 ance. — Serior Trego's Establishment. — A Well. — Seybo Trees. 

 — Journey resumed. — Village of Iturbide. — Its Settlement and 

 rapid Growth. — An Acquaintance. — Oppressive Attentions. — 

 Lunar Rainbow. — Appearance of the Village. — Mound of Ru- 

 ins. — Visit to the Ruins of Zibilnocac. — A Well. — A long Edi- 

 fice. — Lazy Escort. — An anxious Host. —Return to the Village. 

 — A prosperous Emigrant. — A Dinner. — Medical Practice. — De- 

 plorable Condition of the Country in regard to Medical Aid. — 

 Second Visit to the Ruins. — Front of an Edifice. — Square Struct- 

 ures. — Interesting Painting. — An ancient Well. — Mounds. — 

 Vestiges of a great City 170 



CHAPTER XL 



End of Journey in this Direction. — Lake of Peten. — Probable Ex- 

 istence of Ruins in the Wilderness. — Islands in the Lake of Pe- 

 ten. — Peten Grande. — Mission of two Monks. — Great Idol of the 

 Figure of a Horse. — Broken by the Monks, who in Consequence 

 are obliged to leave the Island. — Second Mission of the Monks. 

 — Sent away by the Indians. — Expedition of Don Martin Ursua. 

 — Arrival at the Island. — Attacked by the Indians, who are de- 

 feated. — Don Martin takes Possession of Itza. — Temples and 

 Idols of the Indians. — Destroyed by the Spaniards. — Flight of 

 the Indians into the Wilderness. — Preparations. — Illness of Mr. 

 Catherwood. — Eff'ects of Gambling. — From the Church to the 

 Gaming-table. — How People Live at Iturbide. — Departure. — 

 Rancho of Noyaxche 191 



CHAPTER XH. 



Journey resumed. — An Aguada. — The Aguadas artificial, and built 

 by the Aboriginal Inhabitants. — Examination of one by Seiior 

 Trego. — Its Construction. — Ancient Wells. — Pits. — A Sugar 



