Here and There in Yucatan
HERE AND THERE
IN
YUCATAN.
MISCELLANIES
by
ALICE D. Le PLONGEON,
AUTHOR OF
YUCATAN—ITS ANCIENT PALACES AND MODERN CITIES.
J. W. BOUTON,
706 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
1886.
Entered according to an Act of Congress, October 1st, 1886, by
ALICE D. Le PLONGEON,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
All rights reserved.
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| Preface | ||
| Along the Coast, | 1 | |
| Among the Turtle Catchers, | 19 | |
| Gems Buried in the Sand, | 23 | |
| Beautiful Cozumel, | 28 | |
| The Evil Eye, | 45 | |
| Pygmies, Real and Fictitious, | 53 | |
| Traveling With Turtles, | 62 | |
| The Caribs, | 70 | |
| Remarkable Wells and Caverns, | 76 | |
| Idolatry in Yucatan, | 83 | |
| New Year's Day Among the Mayas, | 93 | |
| Bondage in Communism, | 98 | |
| The Lost Literature of the Mayas, | 106 | |
| Fables Told by the Mayas Indians, | 121 | |
| Maya Romance, | 127 | |
| Philosophy of an Indian Sage, | 131 | |
| Superstition Concerning Eclipses, | 137 | |
| Evocation of Spirits, | 140 | |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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