Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
One step outside the gate, and we are among the sand-hills that stretch for miles and miles round Vera Cruz. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous. — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as… — Edward Burnett Tylor Copy Share Image
