Here and There in Yucatan

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Here and There in Yucatan (1886)
by Alice Dixon Le Plongeon
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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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Book Composition and Electrotyping Co.
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New York

Contents.
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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