CHAPTER XXII

FLORA AND FAUNA 368

INDEX 387

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

A MAYAN INDIAN _Frontispiece_

UNLOADING BANANAS _facing page_ 20

RURALES (MOUNTED POLICE) AT VERA CRUZ " " 20

EL CASTILLO, CHICHEN ITZA " " 84

THE CARACOL, CHICHEN ITZA " " 100

THE TENNIS COURT, CHICHEN ITZA " " 100

THE NUNNERY, CHICHEN ITZA " " 120

EL MECO, EAST COAST OF YUCATAN " " 144

ARCHED GATEWAY, LABNA " " 196

THE PALACE, SAYIL " " 196

THE PALACE, UXMAL " " 202

BAS-RELIEFS ON ALTAR AT COPAN _on page_ 209

FRIEZE, PIEDRAS NEGRAS _facing page_ 212

STELA AT COPAN " " 212

ELLIPTICAL TABLET IN STUCCO AT PALENQUE _on page_ 217

BAS-RELIEF OF PRIEST'S FIGURE, PALENQUE " " 220

BAS-RELIEF OF PRIEST'S FIGURE, PALENQUE " " 221

CARVING OF JAGUAR _facing page_ 240

COLOSSAL HEAD DISCOVERED BY AUTHORS AT CANCUN " " 240

MAYAN ARCH _on page_ 264

THE NUNNERY, UXMAL (illustrating elaboration of Mayan ornamentation) _facing page_ 268

STELAE AT COPAN " " 284

DAY SIGNS (HIEROGLYPHICS) _on pages_ 304-307

MONTH SIGNS ( " ) " " 307-310

YEAR AND CYCLE SIGNS (HIEROGLYPHICS) _on page_ 311

FAÇADE OF BUILDING AT KABAH _facing page_ 318

TYPES OF MAYAN WOMEN AND MEN " " 334

HACIENDA CHILDREN " " 356

INDEPENDENT INDIANS " " 356

HENEQUEN FIBRE IN DRYING-GROUND " " 366

THE FIBRE MILL " " 366

MAP AND PLANS

PLAN OF CANCUN RUINS _on page_ 151

PLAN OF FIRST GROUP OF RUINS, COZUMEL " " 179

PLAN OF SECOND GROUP OF RUINS, COZUMEL " " 181

GROUND PLAN OF PALACE, PALENQUE " " 215

MAP OF YUCATAN _facing page_ 386

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