readers the idea which the Spaniards attach to the sacramental bread or wafer after the priest has pronounced the words of consecration. They call it both God and Jesus Christ, and claim for it divine worship.
41 (Return)
Cortéz, Letters, p. 111.
42 (Return)
Ibid.
43 (Return)
Diaz, p. 247.
44 (Return)
Essai Politique, vol. ii. p. 172.
45 (Return)
This is a little too strong a statement, considering that there never was and never could be a cellar at Mexico.
46 (Return)
The naked negro alcalde mentioned in Chapter XII. was also seated on a leather cushion.
47 (Return)
This is not all fancy. No people in the world show more profound reverence to the aged or deference to their chiefs than the North American Indians.
48 (Return) "Iztapalapan was at that time a town of considerable magnitude, built half in the water and half on dry land. The spot