Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.

There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.

Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.

Culture or civilization, taken in its wide ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society

The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback.

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet.