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 INDEX.

ACACIA trees, 109.

Acalá, 245, 252.

Altars, ancient

Acapulco, Port of, 5.

Acatenango, Peak of, 39

Achiote, 94.

Agave rigida, 197.

Agua, Volcano, see Volcan.

Agua Blanca, 89.

Aguacate fruit, or alligator pears, 10, 58.

Aguardiente made at San Gerónimo, 107.

Ak at 'eib, building, Chichén Itzá, 203.

Alcaldes, engage carriers, 21, 105; their dress described, 23.

Alcaldes, of Antigua, 31.

at Belehú, 87, 88,

Cachapa, 115.

Chiehé, 106.

Coban, 105.

Comitan, 115.

Copan, 139.

Godines, 46.

Ixkun, 174.

San Antonio, 54.

San Luis, 173.

Uspantan, 83.

Alguacils of Belehú, 88.

Alligator meat as Lenten fare, 41.

Alligators, near Yaxché, 181, in the Rio Makál, 185, in the Rio Usumacinta, 215, at Monte Cristo, 216-17.

Almolonga Plain, 25.

Alotenango, 37, 40.

Alotepeque Mines, 49.

Alta Vera Paz, tableland, 89.

Altars, ancient and modern, at Belehú, 87, 88, at Campeche, 195, at Chichén Itzá, 207, at Coban, 92, at Copan, 116, 118, in Ermitas, 158, at Quirigua, 149, at Rabinal, 103, in Stephen's house, 201, at Uspantan, 85, at Utatlan, 67.

Altos, the, cultivation in, 44, journey across, 71, exhilarating atmosphere on, 86, 89, pine-trees of, 116.

Alvarado, Dona Beatrix, the unfortunate, widow of Pedro Alvarado, elected governor of Santiago, 25, her death, 26.

Pedro de, founder of Santiago city, 25, his expedition to Peru and death, ib., his expedition to Guatemala, 60-66.

Alvarez, Saturnina, her kindness to men and animals, 190.

Amatitlan, Lake of, 8, 35.

American Archæology, 272.

work among the ruins of Copan, 142.

Angulo, Pedro de, Dominican missionary, 96, his journey through Tuzulutlan, 98.

Animals:—

Bats, 48, 78.

Dogs, Maya, kept for eating, 251.

modern Indian, 79, 230-7.

Gophers (Geomys hispidius), 33.

Jaguars, skulls of, 236.

Monkey, a pet, 179-81.

Monkeys, howling, or Monos (Myectes villosus), 145, 147, 148.

Mules, 15, 16.

Pigs, Indian, 79.

Tapirs, 184.