Travels in Central America

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Excerpt from Travels in Central America: Including Accounts of Some Regions Unexplored Since the ConquestCaraway - Surrounding Scenery - Fruits and flowers-gaema - Currency - In sect pests - Antiquities - Physical features of Yucatan - Acahm - Population - So cial animosities - Preparation for departure - The Mediterranean of the New World - Primitive N avigation - Ocmoas and Cum - Embarkation - Waiting for a Puts - Disappointment - O¿' at last - El Morro - Roadstead of Chiba - Priestly pas times - The father and his ¿ock - Champoton - Beminisoences of the Conquest Island of Carmen - Sterility of the soil - Character of the people - The town of Car men - Picturesque suburbs - The manila-vegetable wealth - Misplaced mel odies - Climate of Carmen - Aboriginal relics - Night thoughts - Lagoon of Terminos - Hydrography of the country - The river Usumasinta - Fishes - Start for the ln terior - Scorpions - Entomology on a large scale - Sunset - Boca C'm'ea - A maze of waters - Gigantic forests - Storm - River navigation - Animated nature - Jam do Pae jaros - A Mosquito Malako¿ - Rio Vlojo - Retrospects - Palizada - Spanlsh Ameri can hospitality - Origin of the town - Its trade - Inhabitants - Surrounding swamps and their inmates - The jaccma - Logwood cutting and peonage - Mangos - Palma real - Varieties of fish and turtlee-rattlesnakeb-the deadly nahwyacp.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.