The History of Ancient Mexico, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from The History of Ancient Mexico, Vol. 2 of 2: From the Foundation of That Empire to Its Destruction by the SpaniardsII. This language wants the consonants, B, D, F, G, R, and S, and abounds with L, X, T, Z, Tl, Tz: but though the letter L is very frequently used, it never occurs at the commencement of a word. No words, except some vocatives, have an acute termination, almost all have the nult syllable long, the aspirates moderate and sot), and the pro nunciation is never, necessarily, nasal. Notwith standing the curtailment of the alphabet, the lan guage is copious, polished, and expressive, and many Europeans who have mastered its idioms, have preferred it above the Greek, certainly not without reason when, its plastic genius is con sidered. Its copiousness is apparent, from the natural history of Hernandez, who for a descrip tion of twelve hundred plants, more than two hun dred Species of birds, a great number of quadru peds, reptiles, insects, and minerals, found in it distinct proper names. Nor was it less rich in terms for metaphysical ideas. The highest myste ries_of religion are expressed in it without the aid Of foreign Words.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.