121

Lucien loudly called out to me 126

Sumichrast halted near three gigantic stones 146

A labyrinth of rocks brought us out in front of a stony
rampart more than a hundred feet in height 152

Sunset surprised us ere we had finished our labor 156

A shrub kept him from falling into the gulf 169

The cataract 174

Fall of Ingenio (from a drawing by the Marquis of
Radepoint) 177

A tiger-cat bounded forward and seized the pheasant 191

The kite avoided the shock, and continued to rise in the
air. 202

It looked like an immense pedestal, surmounted by two bronze
statues 210

Above us, the trees crossed their branches 218

Then Sumichrast slid down the cord to the tree 223

I then ordered the Indian to light the fire 227

The wildest dreams could not picture a stranger style of
architecture 241

Five or six skulls seemed to glare at me through their empty
orbits 245

Crater of Popocatepetl 249

Our two scouts climbed some enormous heaps of rocks 262

The animal continued to retreat before him, and led him to
the mouth of a cave 266

They were at once saluted by a platoon fire 273

I at once recognized the black sugar-cane snake 279

Following in Indian file, we ascended the course of the
stream 287

The rocks came rolling down; dashing together under the
impulse of a liquid avalanche 291

L'Encuerado set to work to plait us hats 295

I used to go iguana hunting with my brothers 301

The moon rose, and rendered the illusion more striking 307

The sand rose rapidly, whirling round and round 314

Everywhere the cactus might be seen assuming twenty
different shapes 318

The water disappeared under a