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 COATZACOALCOS RIVER.--ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC.--TEHUANTEPEC RAILWAY AND SHIP-CANAL.--THE EADS SHIP-RAILWAY.--AN IDEA OF CORTEZ.--PLANS OF CAPTAIN EADS.--A RAILWAY-CARRIAGE WITH 1200 WHEELS.--SHIPS CARRIED IN TANKS.--ENGINEERING AND OTHER FEATURES OF THE SHIP-RAILWAY.--MAHOGANY TRADE.--FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THREE LOGS.--FRONTERA AND TABASCO.--RUINS OF PALENQUE.-- LORILLARD CITY.--EXPLORATIONS BY STEPHENS AND CHARNAY.--PALACE OF PALENQUE.--TEMPLE OF THE CROSS.--TEMPLE OF LORILLARD.-- REMARKABLE IDOL.--A REGION ABOUNDING IN RUINS.--REMAINS OF MITLA.--PILLAR OF DEATH. 423