38
Commentary on Codex Vaticanus B, p. 91.
39
Maguey is an Antillean word imported into Mexico by the Spaniards, but the use of a post-Columbian word does not exclude the possibility of a synonymous pre-Columbian form.
40
Manuel de Ministros, p. 37.
41
Myths of the New World, pp. 129 ff.
42
Hist. Nat. Ind., c. ix, bk. v (English translation from Purchas his Pilgrimes).