Bernal Diaz further remarks, (which we thought better to insert here,) that his complexion was fairer than that of the Indians in general; that he was above twenty-three years of age, and that he had a beautiful wife, daughter of his uncle Motecusuma. (p. 98.)

So the Spaniards called the famous general Gonsalo de Cordova. Our old soldier is generally very satirical when he speaks about the boasted campaigns of Italy. (p. 106.)

The battle of Garigliano, by which Cordova decided the fate of the kingdom of Naples. (p. 106.)

Yet Torquemada assures us that mothers had eaten of the flesh of their own offspring. (p. 112.)