The Boy Travellers in Mexico Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal

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THE CATHEDRAL OF MEXICO.--SITE OF THE AZTEC TEOCALLI.--HUMAN SACRIFICES.--PANORAMA OF THE VALLEY OF MEXICO.--EXTENT AND COST OF THE CATHEDRAL; CHAPELS AND ALTARS.--TOMB OF ITURBIDE.--THE CAREER AND TRAGIC END OF ITURBIDE.--THE RICHEST ALTAR IN THE WORLD.--GOLDEN CANDLESTICKS A MAN COULD NOT LIFT.--THE AZTEC CALENDAR-STONE; ITS INTERESTING FEATURES; INSCRIPTION ON THE STONE.--BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE AZTECS.--THE TRIBE CALLED MEXICANS.--AZTEC LAWS AND CUSTOMS.--PREVALENCE OF THE DEATH PENALTY.--AZTEC POSTING SYSTEM.--PICTURE-WRITING.-- FLOWER-SHOW IN THE ZOCALO.--A FASHIONABLE ASSEMBLAGE.--WONDERFUL WORK IN FEATHERS. 147