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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RAILWAY-STATION AT MERIDA.--PUBLIC CONVEYANCES.--THE CALESA.--A RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS.--WHEN MERIDA WAS FOUNDED.--PRACTICAL MODE OF DESIGNATING STREETS.--PUBLIC BUILDINGS.--CASA MUNICIPAL.--DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE PEOPLE.--INDIANS, SPANIARDS, AND MESTIZOS.--A CITY OF PRETTY WOMEN.--CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAYA RACE.--THE MESTIZO QUARTER.--SCENES IN THE MARKET.--BREAKFASTING AT A MEDIO RESTAURANT.--EUCHRE OR YUCCA.--USES OF THE YUCCA PLANT.-- GAMBLING IN YUCATAN.--LA LOTERIA; HOW IT IS PLAYED.--AMERICAN COUNTERPART OF THE YUCATEO GAME.--A POPULAR ASSEMBLAGE. 454