Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could… — Edward Burnett Tylor Aching Copy Share Image
I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth. — Edward Burnett Tylor Regard Copy Share Image
During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake. — Edward Burnett Tylor Lakes Copy Share Image
Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish. — Edward Burnett Tylor Aztec 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 Height Copy Share Image
The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet. — Edward Burnett Tylor Feet 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… — Edward Burnett Tylor Chosen 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… — Edward Burnett Tylor Alps 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… — Edward Burnett Tylor Cuba 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 Among 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 City 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… — Edward Burnett Tylor Building Copy Share Image
We were very kindly received by the English merchants to whom my companion had letters, and we set ourselves to learn what… — Edward Burnett Tylor Companion Copy Share Image
Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share. — Edward Burnett Tylor Anything Copy Share Image
Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that… — Edward Burnett Tylor Chance Copy Share Image
There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe. — Edward Burnett Tylor Built Copy Share Image
Animism characterizes tribes very low in the scale of humanity, and thence ascends, deeply modified in its transmission, but from first to… — Edward Burnett Tylor Animism Copy Share Image
Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics… — Edward Burnett Tylor Absence Copy Share Image
Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and… — Edward Burnett Tylor Art Copy Share Image
The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months… — Edward Burnett Tylor April Copy Share Image
At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova. — Edward Burnett Tylor Littles Copy Share Image
