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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A ROMANTIC LEGEND.--HOW THE KING WAS OVERCOME BY THE WITCH.-- VISITING THE DWARF'S HOUSE; ITS POSITION AND PECULIARITIES.-- HOUSE OF THE NUNS; ITS EXTENT AND CONSTRUCTION.--CASA DEL GOBERNADOR.--DESTRUCTIVE AGENCIES AT WORK.--AT HOME IN A ROYAL PALACE.--MAYA ARCHES.--TROPICAL TREES AND PLANTS.--DOUBLE-HEADED DOG OF UXMAL.--GARAPATAS AND THE ANNOYANCE THEY CAUSED.--INSECT PESTS OF YUCATAN.--DR. LE PLONGEON AND THE STATUE OF CHAC-MOOL.--GHOSTS AND GHOST STORIES.--BIRDS OF YUCATAN.--AN ANCIENT WATERING-PLACE. 498