VI. GUATEMALA CITY 171 VII. GUATEMALA TO ESQUIPULAS 190 VIII. ESQUIPULAS AND QUIRIGUA 201 IX. IN THE OLDEN TIME 228 X. THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA 281 XI. VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS 323 XII. EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES 377 APPENDIX 411 INDEX 445 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS. MONOLITH AT QUIRIGUA (A) _Frontispiece_ TO FACE PAGE A STREET IN LIVINGSTON 28 INTERIOR OF A CARIB HOUSE 30 GRATING CASSAVA 32 WEAVING A SERPIENTE 36 EL RIO CHOCON 44 COBAN CHURCH AND PLAZA (from the tower of the Cabildo) 94 FRANK AND HIS MARE MABEL 106 CHICAMAN (two views taken from the same place before sunrise) 109 VALLEY OF THE CHIXOY 114 PLAZA OF SACAPULAS 118 TOTONICAPAN VALLEY 138 LAGO DE ATITLAN (from the road above Panajachel) 156 A STREET IN GUATEMALA CITY 177 GUATEMALA CITY (from the Church of the Carmen) 178 SANTUARIO AT ESQUIPULAS 202 MONOLITH AT QUIRIGUA (E) 218 ALTAR-STONES AT QUIRIGUA 222 ETHNOGRAPHIC CHART (after Dr. Stoll) 271 A GROUP OF CARIB CHILDREN 272 TWO CARIB BOYS 274 A CARIB PLAITING A PETACA 276 A COURT SCENE IN LIVINGSTON 318 IN THE FOREST 324 COHUNE PALMS (_Attalea cohune_, Mart.) 330 VOLCAN DE FUEGO (from the Cabildo, Antigua) 392 TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE FIGURES (from an ancient Manuscript) vii LUCIANO CALLETANO (captain at Chocon) 24 BARRACK POINT, LIVINGSTON 27