Guatemala: the land of the quetzal; a sketch (1887)
Brigham, William Tufts, 1841-1926 · London, T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 178
132 GUATEMALA. buying and selling. Mule-trains came in and went out, and it seems that this is the greal wheat-market. This grain (trigo) is small and round, and the Government offi- cials weighed cadi bag, which should contain six arrobas, or one hundred and fifty pounds. Fat-pine (ocote) is also… … Solola and Atitlan. The church is large, but of no architectural preten- sions ; and among its contents we noticed several strange things. A figure of Christ, with glass eyes and long human hair, wore a crown cocked over his left eye like a drunken man. On the wall of the nave was a water- color…
Guatemala -- Description and travel · Guatemala -- Antiquities · Central America -- Bibliography
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