tedious tracks along, 82, vegetation along, 83, course of and magnificent scenery, 87, a bend of, 88, rafts used to cross, 89.
New Orleans, 154.
Night-jar (bird), see Puhuyak.
Niña Chica, of Copan, 116, her generosity, 132, as show-woman, 136, her saint, 136, and his Novena, 137.
Nopal cactus, 27.
Norfolk Island pine, 100.
OAKS, 83, 122, 182.
Obsidian eyes of figures at Ixkún, 177.
and stone implements and knives, at Chiché, 75, at Copan, 126, at Rabinal, 104.
Ocote pines, 80, 83, 85.
Onions, 58.
Orange-trees and fruit, 10, 57, 75, 108.
Orbita, Padre Juan de, missionary expedition of to Tayasal, 246-7.
Orchids, 58, 78, 83.
Orioles (Icterus), 110, 120.
Oropendula (Ostinops Montezumæ-Waglerii), 120, 147.
Outfit, see Equipment.
Owens, Mr. J. G., death of, 142.
Owls, 121.
PACAYA, peaks of, 9.
Pacheco, Don Francisco Tamayo, his expedition to Acalá, 245.
Palacio, Diego Garcia de, 127.
Palenque, 61, 146, 215, 244; ruins of, 70, 215, 218, savannah near, 217-8, preparations for work at, 219, carnival hindrances, 220-1, muleteers and guide to, 219, 221-2 progress of work at, 224, dense vegetation at, cleared, 225, principal buildings, 225-8, first historic accounts of, 228-9, travellers who have visited and described the ruins at, 226, work remaining to be done at, ib.
Palisada, village, 215.
Palms, see Cocoanut-palms and Coroza palms. leaves of as food for horses and mules, 171.
Palmilla, 145.
Panajachél, irrigation at, 57; comfortable inn at, 57, vegetation and fruits of, 57-8, pilgrims at, 58-9, road from, to Sololá, 71.
Pan dulce, 10, 19.
Panuco, Rio, need for further exploration of, 252.
Panzos, port of, export of coffee from, 241.
Parasol-ants, 148.
Parras (birds), 216.
Parrera, Pablo, overseer, 199, 220.
Parroquets, 110, 119.
Parrots, 81, 110, 119, 147.
Partridges, 251.
Pasion, Rio de la, and its branches, 157, 167, 169, forest along, 173, divide near, 176, 235; Spanish expedition to, 247.
Paso Real, 168, 230, 235, 240.
Patál, El, pastures of, 106.
Patients at Coban, 124, 134.
Patinamit, 60.
Patzun, poor accommodation at, 42, dress of inhabitants, 42-3; religious procession at, 43, plain of, 72.
Peabody Institute of Massachusetts acquires control of the ruins of Copan, 141-2.
Peaks, see Craters and Volcan.
Pedernales, Sierra de los, in which Cortés lost his way, 183.
Pelicans, 4.
Peru, expedition of Alvarado to, 25.
Peten, missionary expedition to, 246, 248. Province, inhabitants, of, 231, savannahs of, 163, need of further exploration in, 252.
Peten Itzá, Lake, 182, strongholds in, (see Tayasal), 70, 232, visit of Cortés to, 245.
Peten Turkey (Meleagris ocellata), the, its abundance, 178.
Pheasants, 251.
Philip II. of Spain, 127.
Photographing Indians, 49, 55.
"Piedras do rayo," native name for stone axes found in ruins, 114.
Piedras Negras, 245, hieroglyphic inscriptions from, 263.
Pigs, Indian, 79.
Pilgrims, see Indians.
