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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SCULPTURE AND PAINTING IN MEXICO.--NATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE FINE ARTS.--BRIEF HISTORY OF MEXICAN ART.--CELEBRATED PAINTINGS.--"LAS CASAS PROTECTING THE AZTECS."--"THE DEATH OF ATALA."--HOW AN ARTIST MANAGED TO SELL A PICTURE.--FROM ART TO PULQUERIAS.--THE NATIONAL BEVERAGE OF MEXICO.--THE MAGUEY PLANT.--HOW PULQUE IS MADE.--COLLECTING THE SAP.-- FERMENTING AGUAMIEL.--DAILY CONSUMPTION OF PULQUE IN THE CITY OF MEXICO.--MANAGEMENT OF THE SHOPS.--ROMANTIC HISTORY OF THE INVENTION OF PULQUE.--MEXICAN POLICE-COURTS.--NOVEL MODE OF TRYING CASES.--THE BELEM PRISON.--CATALOGUE OF OFFENCES AGAINST THE LAW.--AN ADROIT THIEF.--RUNNING THE GANTLET. 212