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CONTENTS.
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ferent States,—Mines,—Corpus,—Tabanco,—Imports and Exports,—Ports of the North,—Roads,—River Polichic,—Ports of the South Sea,—Independencia,—Impediments to Commercial Prosperity |
206 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Natural History,—Productions,—Physical Geography, Rivers and Lakes,—Diseases,—Idiotcy | 246 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Aboriginal Population,—Conquests of Alvarado,—Utatlan,—Palaces &c. of the King of Quiché,—Languages,—Establishment of the Roman Religion,—Las Casas and the Dominicans,—Population,—Employment,—Mode of Life and Customs, Taxes,—Physiognomy,—Bodily Construction,—Mental Capacities,—Means of Civilization | 258 |
| PART IV. | |
| Journey from the Capital to the shores of the Pacific. | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| A Party of Pleasure,—Visit to a Grazing Farm,—Views,—Taking of Cattle by the Lazo,—Medical Men,—Value of Labour | 284 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Vale of Petapa,—Lake of Amatitan,—Falls of San Pedro Martyr,—Escuintla,—Salt works, &c. | 297 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Bar of Istapa,—Fisheries,—Vampyres,—Rock of Mirandilla,—Alotenango,—Almolonga,—The two Volcanoes,—Ascent of the Water Volcano. | 309 |
