alled it _tonatiuh qualo_, literally "_the sun's being eaten_." The
expression seems to belong to a time when they knew less about the
phenomenon, and had some idea like that of the Asiatic nations who
thought the sun was occasionally swallowed up by the great dragon.]
[22: I was surprised to find Iztaccihuatl classed among the active
volcanos in Johnston's Physical Atlas, and supposed at first that a
crater had really been found. But it is likely to be only a mistake,
caused by the name of "Volcan" being given to both mountains by the
Mexicans, who used the word in a very loose way.]
[23: See the illustration at page 281.]
[24: In the original, _aras_. In the Latin of Hernandez, _arae_ I
suppose to be the little polished stone slabs which are set on the
altars in Roman Catholic churches, and in which their sacred quality
is, so to speak, contained.]
[25: _Popular Tales from the Norse_. (Translated from Asbjoernsen and
Moe's Collection.) By George Webbe Dasent, D.C.L. With an Introductory
Essay on the Origin and Diffusion of Popular Tales.--_Second Edition,
Edinburgh_: 1859.]
ERRATA:
Page 5, line 2, _for_ verandalis _read_ verandahs.
Page 8, line 12, _for_ il _read_ el.
Page 17, line 17, _for_ part _read_ port.
Page 20, line 8, _for_ pronunciamento _read_ pronunciamiento.
Page 22, line 10, _for_ I could _read_ one can.
Page 27, line 2, _for_ Mexicans _read_ Americana.
Page 31, Heading, _for_ THE HLANS. HUEMANTLA. _read_ THE RAINS.
HUAMANTLA.
Page 31, line 4, _for_ molina de viente _read_ molino de viento.
Page 101, in description of woodcut. Delete _bone_.
Page 216, line 9, _for_ hands _read_ hand.
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