Guatemala: the land of the quetzal; a sketch (1887)
Brigham, William Tufts, 1841-1926 · London, T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 125
ACROSS THE CONTINENT, WESTWARD TO COBAN. 89 coffee-trees, and were told that here there are three blossomings in May, and as many harvestings in Decem- ber ; the first and third … gave me a bunch of a kind much like the old- fashioned cabbage-rose. Most of the inhabitants are Indios of the Poconchi tribe. The facade of the church is ornamented with dumpy statues of saints, and the main altar is elaborately carved. We noticed a picture of three men in the flames of Sheol, —…
Guatemala -- Description and travel · Guatemala -- Antiquities · Central America -- Bibliography
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