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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EXCURSION TO TULA.--AN ANCIENT CITY OF THE TOLTECS.--CHURCH OF THE TIME OF CORTEZ.--MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE TOLTECS.-- TOLTEC KINGS, COURTS, AND KNIGHTHOOD.--RUINS OF THE TEMPLE AND PALACE.--JOURNEY TO MORELOS.--INTEROCEANIC RAILWAY.--MORELOS AND HIS SERVICES TO MEXICO.--CUAUTLA AND ITS ATTRACTIONS.-- TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT.--DOWN THE SOUTHERN SLOPE.--IN TIERRA CALIENTE.--VISITING A SUGAR ESTATE.--TO YAUTEPEC AND CUERNAVACA.--RIDE OVER THE MOUNTAINS.--SITUATION OF CUERNAVACA.--OLD CHURCH AND PALACE OF CORTEZ.--A FORTUNATE FRENCHMAN.--ROMANTIC INCIDENT IN THE CAPTURE OF CUERNAVACA. 328