Barrancas. Indian trotting. Flowers. Armadillo. Fire-flies. Singular Fandango. Epiphytes. The Junta. Indian Life. Decorative Art. Horses. Jalapa. Anglo-Mexicans. Insect-life. Monte. Fate of Antonio. Scorpion. White Negress. Cattle. Artificial lighting. Vera Cruz. Further Journey. St. Thomas’s. Voyage to England. Future destinies of Mexico. APPENDIX. I. The Manufacture of Obsidian Knives. II. On the Solar Eclipses recorded in the Le Tellier MS. III. Table of Aztec roots. IV. Glossary. V. Ancient Mexican mosaic work (in Mr. Christy’s Collection). VI. Dasent’s Essay on the Ethnographical value of Popular Tales and Legends. INDEX. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS: PLATES: Cascade of Regla. _From a photograph by J. Bell, Esq._ Porter and Baker in Mexico. Indians bringing Country Produce to Market. Indians in a Rancho, making and baking Tortillas. Map to illustrate Messrs. Tylor and Christy’s journeys and excursions in Mexico. WOODCUTS: _(The cuts of smaller objects of antiquity, and articles at present in use, have been drawn from specimens in the Collection of Henry Christy, Esq.)_ Indian Tlachiquero, collecting juice of the Agave for Pulque. View of Part of the Valley of Mexico. Water-carrier and Mexican Woman at the Fountain. Group of Mexican Ecclesiastics. Stone Spear-heads, and Obsidian Knives and Arrow-heads, from Mexico. Fluted Prism of Obsidian, and Knife-flakes. Mexican Arrow-heads of Obsidian. Aztec Stone-knife, with wooden handle, inlaid with mosaic work. Aztec Head in Terra-cotta. The Rebozo and the Serape. Aztec Bridge near Tezcuco. Spanish-Mexican Saddle and appendages. Spanish-Mexican Bit, with ring and chain. Sculptured Panel, from Xochicalco. _(After Nebel)_. Small Aztec Head in Terra-cotta. Ixtacalco Church. Spanish-Mexican Spurs. Goddess of War. _(After Nebel)_. Three Views of a Sacrificial Collar or Clamp, carved out of hard stone. Two Views of a Mask, carved out of hard stone. Ancient Bronze Bells. Spanish-Mexican Cock-spurs. Leather Sandals. Mexican Costumes. _(After Nebel)_. View of Orizaba. Indians of the Plateau. _(After Nebel)_. [Illustration: THE CASCADE OF REGLA. _From a Photograph by J. Ball Esq. of the Hacienda de Regla. March 1856._] INTRODUCTION. The journey and excursions in Mexico which have originated the narrative and remarks contained in this volume were made in the months of March, April, May, and June of 1856, for the most part on horseback. The author and his fellow-traveller enjoyed many advantageous opportunities of studying the country, the people, and the antiquities of Mexico, owing to the friendly assistance and hospitality which they received there. With this aid they were enabled to accomplish much more than usually falls to the lot of travellers in so limited a period; and they had the great advantage too, of being able to substantiate or correct their own observations by the local knowledge and experience of their friends and entertainers.