Travels in Central America: Including Accounts of Some Regions Unexplored Since the ConquestLeypoldt, Holt & Williams, 1871 - 430 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 384 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit, or whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If I ascend up to heaven, thou art there : If I make my bed in hell, behold thou art there.
الصفحة 396 - ... the soil and climate. Three leagues lower down is the wharf or landing-place (embarcadero) called Ave Maria, where the canoes and boats with goods from Honduras used to unload, before the navigation of the river was closed up. By this channel came the images, bells, and ornaments sent from Spain for the churches in the settlements. Two or three leagues further down the river stood the settlement of San Andres Apostol, which was also destroyed at the same time by the English. It is impossible...
الصفحة 73 - ... but I must say, without contesting their architectural merit, that they do not justify, in their details, all the enthusiasm of archaeologists. The ornamental lines are wanting in regularity, the drawings in symmetry, and the sculpture in finish.
الصفحة 99 - He is taught to find his way in the most obscure forests, through means of the faintest indications. His ear is practised in quickly detecting the approach of wild animals, and his eye in discovering the venomous reptiles that may lie in his path. He is taught to distinguish the vines, the juices of which have the power of stupefying fishes so that they may be caught by hand, as also those which are useful for their flexibility, or for furnishing water to the wayfarer. He soon comes to...
الصفحة 99 - ... which neutralizes the venom of serpents. He finds out the shady dells where the cacao flourishes, and the sunny eminences where the bees go to deposit their honey in the hollow trunks of decaying trees. He learns, or is taught, all these things early, and then his education is complete.
الصفحة 99 - ... indications. His ear is practised in quickly detecting the approach of wild animals, and his eye in discovering the venomous reptiles that may lie in his path. He is taught to distinguish the vines, the juices of which have the power of stupefying fishes so that they may be caught by hand, as also those which are useful for their flexibility, or for furnishing water to the wayfarer. He soon comes to recognize the...
الصفحة xvii - At the least sound he lifts his head, his throat dilates, his crest becomes elevated, and he listens without moving ; but the changes in his color betray his uneasiness, his back of sky-blue deepens to purple, then he reflects the shades of the foliage which surrounds him, and in the midst of which he does not fail soon to vanish. The streets, as I have said, end only in the forest, which is an impenetrable thicket of thorny trees and vine-like plants, with velvety pods, which depend from the branches...
الصفحة 39 - The Indians of southern Yucatan, according to Morelet, never set out on any expedition without a supply of pozol. This is maize made into a kind of paste, sweetened with sugar to suit the taste, and when mixed with water serves at once for food and drink. It is at the same time the most economical and portable kind of provision for a journey.4 Chocolate, says Humboldt, is easily conveyed and readily employed. As an aliment it contains a large quantity of nutritive and stimulating particles in a small...
الصفحة 74 - AH already said, these green stones, or chalchimtes, were held in the highest estimation by the ancient Mexicans and Central Americans. Among the presents which Montezuma gave to Cortez for the King of Spain were some of these stones. Bernal Diaz reports Montezuma as saying, in handing them over, " To this I will add a few chalchihuis, of such enormous value, that I could not consent to give them to any one except to such a powerful emperor as yours. Each of these stones is worth two loads of gold.
الصفحة 325 - The ipomeas and the clematis festoon the woods, in which they form numberless fragrant bowers. Indian pinks, with orangecolored corollas, gem the hill-sides ; while the glycine enlaces the trees, and its clusters of fruit fall around them in festoons. There are also several varieties of pentstemons and tree ferns of pale green, the branches of which droop over the surrounding cliffs. Taltick is approached by a spacious valley, a league in length and a quarter of a league in width. The village is...