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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OVERLAND TO ACAPULCO.--SCENES OF LONG AGO.--PRESENT MODE OF TRAVEL.--TEN DAYS ON HORSEBACK.--WAY-SIDE ACCOMMODATIONS.-- ACAPULCO'S HARBOR.--RETURN TO THE CAPITAL.--EXCURSION TO GUADALAJARA.--DOCTOR BRONSON LEFT BEHIND.--OLD BRIDGES AND THEIR HISTORY.--BATTLE BETWEEN HIDALGO AND THE SPANIARDS.-- STORIES ABOUT BRIGANDS.--SLAUGHTER BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE.-- HOW SEÑOR PEREZ SECURED PEACE.--ATTRACTIONS OF GUADALAJARA.-- THE CATHEDRAL AND OTHER CHURCHES.--THE GREAT HOSPICIO.--WHAT THE EARTHQUAKE DID.--PUBLIC SCHOOLS.--A DAY ON A CATTLE HACIENDA.--A RODEO.--RETURN TO THE CAPITAL. 348