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Ruins on every side—Cerro Chacuaco, &c. 149
A pair of vases, 150


CHAPTER X.

Discovery of talismanic penates.—return by night to tampico, 151

Two curious ugly looking images, 151
Speculations, 152
Humbugs, 153
The blending of idolatries, 154
Far-fetched theories, 155
Similarity in forms of worship evidence of a common origin, 156
Ugliness deified—Ugnee—Gan—Miroku, 157
The problem settled, 158
The Chinese—Tartars—Japanese, 159
Return to the "Lady's Room," 160
Travelling by night—arrival at Tampico, 161
Rumor of war—attitude of the French, 161
Mexicans check-mated, 162
Backing out, 163
Dii Penates, 164


CHAPTER XI.

Excursion on the tamissee river.—chapoté, its appearance in the lakes and the gulf of mexico, 165

Once more in a canoe, 165
The Tamissee—its fertile banks, 166
Wages of labor—a promising speculation, 167
The Banyan.—The Royal Palm, 168
Extensive ruins.—Mounds on Carmelote creek, 169
A Yankee house.—The native Mexicans, 170
The chapoté in the lakes of Mexico, 171
The chapoté in the gulf of Mexico, 172
New Theory of the Gulf Stream, 172
Comparative temperature of the Gulf Stream and the Ocean, 174
Objections to this new Theory, 175
Another Theory, not a new one, 177
Tampico in mourning, 178


CHAPTER XII.

General view of mexico, past and present.—sketch of the career of santa anna. 179

Ancient Mexico—its extent—its capital, 180
Its imperial government—its sovereigns,