Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from MexicoJ. Murray, 1829 - 528 Seiten |
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... five volumes quarto , and that it embraced , in addition to the translation , all the authentic information then extant , or which , through the most respectable patronage , could be obtained up to that period : I may be permitted to ...
... five volumes quarto , and that it embraced , in addition to the translation , all the authentic information then extant , or which , through the most respectable patronage , could be obtained up to that period : I may be permitted to ...
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... is intended to exhibit the Five States of the Federation , with their respective Districts , conformably to the recent divisions established by the Congress . NARRATIVE OP AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO GU A T E vi INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
... is intended to exhibit the Five States of the Federation , with their respective Districts , conformably to the recent divisions established by the Congress . NARRATIVE OP AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO GU A T E vi INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS .
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... five o'clock in the evening , left San Cosme . My equipage consisted of ten baggage mules , besides two for my servants ; one sumpter mule for myself , and three horses , with an escort of ten soldiers . I had made inquiries , some days ...
... five o'clock in the evening , left San Cosme . My equipage consisted of ten baggage mules , besides two for my servants ; one sumpter mule for myself , and three horses , with an escort of ten soldiers . I had made inquiries , some days ...
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... five leagues was very rough , all along the side of the mountain of Ajusco , which forms so beautiful an object from San Cosme . We passed over the remains of a fine stone road , leading to the hacienda of the late Don Miguel de Borda ...
... five leagues was very rough , all along the side of the mountain of Ajusco , which forms so beautiful an object from San Cosme . We passed over the remains of a fine stone road , leading to the hacienda of the late Don Miguel de Borda ...
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... five years old , was the only one I could endure to look at , or of whose services I could bear to accept . The child discovered my preference , and called forth all its vigour to do justice to my partiality . I madesigns for what I ...
... five years old , was the only one I could endure to look at , or of whose services I could bear to accept . The child discovered my preference , and called forth all its vigour to do justice to my partiality . I madesigns for what I ...
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Acajutla Acapulco amongst amount animal apartment appearance arrived baggage beautiful Belize brandy British called capital Captain Brown Chile pepper Chiquimula cigar coast cochineal Colombia Comayagua companion course dollars Don Juan Don Mateo Don Simon Doña doubloons dress effect English exports favour feet five formed four going Golfo Dulce guaco Guate Guatemala Guatemalian half height Honduras horse hostess Indian indigo inhabitants Izabal journey kind lady lake land latter leagues looking maize Majesty's Government Mayorga ment merchants Mexi Mexican Mexico miles morning mountain mules nature Nicaragua night o'clock occupied Omoa party passed poor port proceeding pulque republic respectable river road rusal saddle San Salvador seemed Señor servants shewed side siesta sleeping Sonsonate South Sea Spanish spot supper tains thing tion took town trade travellers trees Truxillo vessel village whilst whole yard young
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Seite 127 - O Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb That carries anger, as the flint bears fire; Who, much enforced, shows a hasty spark, And straight is cold again.
Seite 250 - Guatemala," gives the following account of the plant. " The nopal is a plant consisting of little stems, but expanding itself into wide thick leaves, more or less prickly according to its different kind : one or two of these leaves being set as one plant, at the distance of two or three feet square from each other, are inoculated with the cochineal, which, I...
Seite 144 - The Roman Catholic religion, the only true one, is, and always shall be, that of the Spanish nation. The government protects it by wise and just laws, and prohibits the exercise of any other whatever.
Seite 168 - ... great, that, on finding a hoard of meat, he will chuckle the hens together, and without touching one bit himfelf will rehnquifh the whole of it to them.
Seite 250 - The nopal is a plant consisting of little stems, but expanding itself into wide thick leaves, more or less prickly according to its different kind : one or two of these leaves being set as one plant, at the distance of two or three feet square from each other, are inoculated with the cochineal, which, I scarcely need say, is an insect : it is the same as if you would take the blight off an apple or other common tree, and rub a small portion of it on another tree free from the contagion, when the...
Seite 467 - Santiago de Guatemala, the capital, stands in the midst of a large handsome plain, surrounded on all sides by sierras of a moderate height, and at the distance of from three to seven league*.
Seite 199 - Permission to cut wood in the said province. 4th. Exemption from duty on the introduction of goods, on account of the company, until the canal be completed.
Seite 250 - ... square from each other, are inoculated with the cochineal, which, I scarcely need say, is an insect : it is the same as if you would take the blight off an apple or other common tree, and rub a small portion of it on another tree free from the contagion, when the consequence would be that the tree so inoculated would become covered with the blight : a small quantity of the insects in question is sufficient for each plant, which, in proportion as it increases its leaves, is sure to be covered...
Seite 251 - ... tree so inoculated would become covered with the blight : a small quantity of the insects in question is sufficient for each plant, which, in proportion as it increases its leaves, is sure to be covered with the costly parasite. When the plant is perfectly saturated, the cochineal is scraped off with great care. The plants are not very valuable for the first year, but they may be estimated as yielding after the second year, from a dollar to a dollar and a half profit on each plant.
Seite 468 - They slope from each side towards the centre, along which runs almost perpetually a streamlet of clear water, the edges of which being covered with verdure, give to the city a picturesque, though deserted appearance. In some few of the streets there are trottoirs, particularly in the Plaza, or chief square, where they are covered with a colonnade, extending all round the square, excepting on the side occupied by the cathedral ; opposite to this is the palace...