tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">210
The solitary tradition, 211
Imaginary difficulties—tropical animals, 212
A new Giant's Causeway, 212
The Aborigines were not one, but many races, 213
No head of the American type found among their sculptural remains, 213
Art an imitation of nature—copies only from life, 214
Inference from the absence of the Indian type, 214
American ruins of Asiatic origin, 215
Migratory habits of the early races of men, 215
Overflowings of the populous north, 215
Conclusion, 216

LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS.

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Moro castle, havana. 27

Peak of orizaba. 90

Castle of san juan de ulloa, vera cruz. 91

Indian man and woman. 117

Female head. 128

Colossal head. 130

The american sphinx. 132

Curiously ornamented head. 136

A situation. 139

A road side. 140

Sepulchral effigy. 145

A pair of vases. 150

Travelling by night. 161

Talismanic penates. 164

Fragments of idols. 178

RAMBLES BY LAND AND WATER.

CHAPTER I.

VOYAGE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO HAVANA. DESCRIPTION OF THE CAPITAL OF CUBA.