The Boy Travellers in Mexico: Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Northern and Central Mexico, Campeachey, and Yucatan, With a Description of the Republics of Central America and of the Nicaragua Canal

· 1896

PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE.--PLANS FOR THE JOURNEY.--TO MEXICO BY RAIL.--BAGGAGE, AND BOOKS ON THE COUNTRY.--BRUSHING UP THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SPANISH.--WESTWARD FROM NEW YORK.--A HALT AT ST. LOUIS.--SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.--VISIT TO THE ALAMO.--REMINISCENCES OF THE FALL OF THE ALAMO.--BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO AND INDEPENDENCE OF TEXAS.--NOTES ON THE RAILWAYS OF NORTHERN MEXICO.--OLD TEXAS AND MODERN CHANGES.--"G. T. T."--PRESENT WEALTH OF THE STATE.--ARRIVAL ON THE FRONTIER OF MEXICO. Page 1 HOTELS ON THE FRONTIER.--ACCOMMODATIONS AT LAREDO.--SMUGGLING OVER THE BORDER.--LAREDO AS A RAILWAY CENTRE.--THE RIO GRANDE AND ITS PECULIARITIES.--RIVERS BENEATH THE SANDS.--ENTERING MEXICAN TERRITORY.--EXAMINA…

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