Jardenas flotandas, 82-84. Jesuits, The, 258. Juarez, Benito, Birthplace of, 116; attitude toward education, 264; crushes temporal power of the Church, 315; favours Diaz, 371; sketch of career, 364-368, 388. Judas, Burning of, 233. Judicial System, 467-469. Labourers, Mexican, 183 _et seq._ Lajartija, (Mexican dude), 57. La Paz, 434, 436. Laredo, 481. Las Madres, 415. Lead, 289. Legal customs, 207-209. Leon, 36, 298. Leperos, 339, 340. Lerdo, 368, 379, 382, 385, 387, 388. Liberty Bell, The, of Mexico, 69. Library, National, 269. Limantour, Minister of Finance, 298, 459. Literary men, 262 _et seq._ Literature, Mexican, 258 _et seq._ Lovemaking, Mexican, 170-172. Lower California, 306, 431-437. Madero Family, 400, 411. Madero, Francisco, 400, 401, 403, 404, 406-408, 410-414, 435. Madrid, Bull-ring of, 244; Bull-fight in, 253. Magdalena, 426. Magdalena Bay, 435. Maguey, 41-45. Mal Paso, 400. Maltrata, 92. Mañana, The Land of, 204. Manzanillo, 99, 299. Markets, Ancient, 217-218; of capital, 218; of Oaxaca, 117-119; of Tehuantepec, 132. Marsh-flies as food, 81. Matamoros, 380. Maximilian, 264, 315, 366-367, 390; Execution of, 34-35. Mayas, The, 438 _et seq._ Mazatlan, 99, 279, 429-430. Mendoza, Viceroy, 258, 344. Merchants, Aztec, 329. Mesas, 26. Mescal (native brandy), 45. Mestizos, 184. Metate, 178, 215. Methodist Missions, 324, 326. Mexican races, Origin of, 10. Mexican, Conservatism of, 52, 174; his view of Anglo-Saxon, 20. Mexican Central Railway, 80, 297-299. Mexican National Railway, Route of, 24 _et seq._, 297-298. Mexican Railway, 90 _et seq._, 299. Mexican Southern Railway, 112-114, 300. Mexico, Antiquity of, 3; Resources of, 19; The United States of, 18. Miñaca, 420. Mines of Mexico, 274 _et seq._, 427, 434. Missions, Protestant, in Mexico, 324-327. Mitla, Village of, 152; Ruins of, 152 _et seq._; Hacienda of, 124-127, 154. Molino del Rey (the king’s mill), 88, 363. Monte de Piedad, 61. Monte las Cruces, Battle of, 349. Monterey, 24-25, 297, 299, 417; Battle of, 25. Montezuma, 199. Moon, Pyramid of the, 147. Morelas, Jose Maria, 350-352. Morelia, 268, 351, 352. Mormon Colony, 425-426. Mountains, 24, 415 _et seq._ Mozo, a servant. Museum, National, 269. Nahuals, 75. National Palace, The, 322. National Railway, 297. Navarro, General, 404-405. Newspapers and periodicals, 260-261. Noche Bueno, 227. Noche Triste, Tree of, 78. Nochistongo cut, 80. _No es costumbre_, 213-214. Nogales, 402, 426. _No hay_, 220. “Northers,” The, 7, 98. Notaries, Mexican, 209.