ILLUSTRATIONS
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A Chieftain Dressed for the Easter Ceremony of the
Yaqui Indians
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In Those Days Trains Did Not Venture to Run at
Night Across the Sonora Desert
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An Escort of Soldiers Occupied a Freight Car Ahead
as a Precaution Against Bandits
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A Burro Train Laden with Bullion from the Mines
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La Colorada, Once the Home of Gold Mines, Now
Served Only as a Depot for Trucks That Crossed
the Desert
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Indian Women, Pounding Clothes upon the Rocks
Beside a Shallow Brook, Ceased Their Work to
Stare
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The Christ Was Represented by a Cheap Rag Doll
Cradled in a Wicker Basket
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For Three Days the Indians Neither Ate Nor Slept,
Refreshing Themselves Only with Mescal
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The Mexican Señorita Has Always Been Portrayed in
Our Fiction as a Wild Vampire
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In the Days of Carranza One Frequently Saw a
Bandit Hanging Around the Railway
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Pedro Zamorra Had Removed a Few Ties Where the
Train Came Around a Bend
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So Worthless Were the Federal Troops That Many
Americans Professed a Preference for Bandits
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The Orange Trees in Guadalajara’s Plaza Were
Golden Throughout the Year
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Mexico City, One of the Most Ornate Capitals in the
Western Hemisphere, Somewhat Resembled Paris
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The Mexican Pyramids Probably Antedate Those of
Egypt by a Thousand Years or More
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In the Gardens of Xochimilco, Relics of an Aztec
Paradise, Only the Cabbages Were in Bloom
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Mexican Policemen in White Spats
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No Latin-American Village Is So Tiny But That It
Has a Square Devoted to Bartering
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The Mexican Peon So Loves the Excitement of the
Market That He Refuses to Sell His Goods Elsewhere
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The Tehuana Maidens Regarded a Man as a Luxury
Rather Than a Necessity
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The Abundant Central-American Volcanoes Fertilize
the Coffee Fincas with Lava Dust
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Guatemala’s Population Includes a Million Pure-blooded
Aborigines
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Occasionally the Resultant Earthquakes Knock Down
a City or Destroy the Guatemalan Cathedral
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When Orellana Started a Revolution, President
Herrera Made No Strenuous Objection
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The Only Casualties Were a Few Policemen Who
Mistook the Revolution for a Disorderly Demonstration
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A Banana-Boat Loading on the East Coast
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In These Pleasant Tropical Countries No Peon Girl
Escapes Maternity
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From His Palace the President Could Watch the
Treasury to See That No One Stole the National
Debt
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Soldiers Stopped a Pedestrian at Every Corner to
Search for Weapons
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The Warship Rochester Had Anchored at Amapala
on What Was Described as a Courtesy Visit
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The American Intervention Had Brought Peace, but
Managua’s Dusty Streets Suggested no Prosperity
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If the American Marines Were Withdrawn from
Nicaragua a Revolution Would Transpire Over-Night
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For Three Days the Boatmen Poled the Launch
Through Shallows Framed in Rank Green Jungle
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Greytown Was a Typical East Coast Port—Low,
Swampy and Unattractive—With Black Complexions
Prevailing
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San José Contains the Most Delightful Plazas and
the Most Beautiful Women in the World
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A Machine-Gun Tower Built by the Tyrant Tinoco
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In Its Interior Decoration the Costa Rican National
Theater Equals Any Theater in the United
States