Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan  enlarge Author: John Lloyd Stephens Publisher: General Books Category: Book List Price: $27.22 Buy New: $27.21 as of 5/22/2012 03:32 EDT details You Save: $0.01 In Stock New (4) from $27.21 Seller: pbshopus Media: Paperback Pages: 234 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8 Dimensions (in): 6 x 9 x 0.5 ISBN: 1150895519 EAN: 9781150895517 ASIN: 1150895519 Publication Date: December 23, 2009 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Condition: New book. Shipped within the US in 10-14 days. Editorial Reviews: Product Description This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 Excerpt: ...men who were chasing a single ox, and followed over hill, through bush, brush, and underwood; one rider threw his lazo beautifully over the horns of the ox, and then turned his horse, while the ox bounded to the length of the lazo, and, without shaking horse or rider, pitched headlong to the ground. At this moment a herd swept by, with the whole company in full pursuit. A large yellow ox separated from the rest, and all followed him. For a mile he kept ahead, doubled, and dodged, but the horsemen crowded him down toward the lake; and, after an ineffectual attempt to bolt, he rushed into the water. Two horsemen followed and drove him out, and gave him a start, but in a few moments the lazo whizzed over his head, and, while horse and rider stood like marble, the ox again came with a plunge to the ground. The riders scat had embraced a new faith; and, with the enthusiasm of a youthful convert, no lady in Guatimala was more devout, more regular at mass, or more strict in all the discipline of the Catholic Church than the Sister Susannah. After the fireworks there was a long ceremony at the altar, and then a general rush toward the other extremity of the church. The convent was directly adjoining, and in the partition wall, about six feet from the floor, was a high iron grating, and about four feet beyond it another, at which the nuns attended the services of the church. Above the iron grating was a wooden one, and from this in a few minutes issued a low strain of wild Indian music, and presently a figure in white, with a long white veil and a candle in her right hand, and both arms extended, walked slowly to within a few feet of the grating, and then as slowly retired. Presently the same low note issued from the grating below, and we saw advancing a procession ...

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