CHAPTER XXV

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BUILDINGS, MEDICINE, BURIAL, PHYSICAL PECULIARITIES, AND CHARACTER OF THE MAYAS.

Scanty Information given by the Early Voyagers -- Private Houses of the Mayas -- Interior Arrangement, Decoration, and Furniture -- Maya Cities -- Description of Utatlan -- Patinamit, the Cakchiquel Capital -- Cities of Nicaragua -- Maya Roads -- Temples at Chichen Itza and Cozumel -- Temples of Nicaragua and Guatemala -- Diseases of the Mayas -- Medicines used -- Treatment of the Sick -- Propitiatory Offerings and Vows -- Superstitions -- Dreams -- Omens -- Witchcraft -- Snake-Charmers -- Funeral Rites and Ceremonies -- Physical Peculiarities -- Character 783

[Illustration: NATIVE RACES OF THE PACIFIC STATES SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE CIVILIZED NATIONS]

THE NATIVE RACES OF THE PACIFIC STATES. CIVILIZED NATIONS.

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