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Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle (1855)

Forrester, Mark, ed, Forrester, Mark · Boston, F. & G.C. Rand · leaf 19

An illustration from Forrester's pictorial miscellany for the family circle, 1855, leaf 19
AZTEC CHILDREN. 13 The Aztec children ! Who are they, uncle ? They are great curiosities, I assure you. The boy, who isnamed Maximo, is only three feet high ; the girl, Bartola, is hardlytwo feet six inches in height. They are Liliputians, beyond adoubt. How old are they, uncle ? The boy is thought… … They must be queer looking creatures, uncle Oliver. Why,they beat Tom Thumb! I should like to see them very much, saidNeddie, laughing. You will get a very correct idea of them from the picture, Ned-die. You see their limbs are slender, well formed, and graceful.Their most peculiar feature, next to…

Juvenile literature (American) · Natural history · Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) · Aztec children

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