The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . r, and meet us at S. Juan, whilst we starton horseback by a shorter route, skirting Rio Seco on our right,with its islands clad with a glowing vegetation. On the oppositeside fields of yellow maize, sugar, coffee, and cocoa, indicatethe presence of ranches and haciendas. We get glimpses ofthe red, yellow, and green madrina-berries peeping out ofglistening foliage, and towards four oclock we knock at alarge hacienda, the property of Don Candido Verao, an amateurantiquarian, glad o
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . r, and meet us at S. Juan, whilst we starton horseback by a shorter route, skirting Rio Seco on our right,with its islands clad with a glowing vegetation. On the oppositeside fields of yellow maize, sugar, coffee, and cocoa, indicatethe presence of ranches and haciendas. We get glimpses ofthe red, yellow, and green madrina-berries peeping out ofglistening foliage, and towards four oclock we knock at alarge hacienda, the property of Don Candido Verao, an amateurantiquarian, glad of an opportunity of showing his little him we learn that tumuli or basements of Indian chapelsabound in the neighbourhood, and that many small figuresare found, showing the country to have once been denselypopulated. Here we spend a charming evening, and on themorrow we start for El Carmen, on the left bank of the riverTabasco, belonging to a rich mahogany contractor, by nameDon Policarpio Valenzuela. Thanks to his civility, we wereable to procure canoes and be at S. Juan Bautista the next OK VVESI TOWER,
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