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|-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | colspan=3 style="text-align:center;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | I. |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | | colspan=2 style="text-align:right;font-size:80%;" | PAGE |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | style="text-align:left;font-size:110%;;font-variant:small-caps;" | The Subject | colspan=2 style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;" | 1–11 |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | colspan=2 style="text-align:justify;" | View from a steamer, 1—Seen by Fernando Cortés, 2; his ambition, 3—Inhospitable coast, 3—Vera Cruz, 4—Departure, 4—Climate we leave, 5—Climate we are seeking, 5—Three climates of Mexico, 6—Anahuac, 6; Tierra templada, 7—Scenery of the plateau, 7—Its early inhabitants, 8—Destroyed by Cortes, 8—Traditions of Anahuac, 9—Teocallis changed to cathedrals, 9—The Conquistadores, 10—Spanish rulers, 10—Two emperors, 10—Mexico a republic, 11; its past and future, 11. | |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | colspan=3 style="text-align:center;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | II. |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | style="text-align:left;font-size:110%;;font-variant:small-caps;" | Shadowy Tribes | colspan=2 style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;" | 12–23 |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | colspan=2 style="text-align:justify;" | Meaning of Anahuac, 12—Tula, formerly Tollan, 13—The Toltecs, 13—Cholula: its legends, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20—Mound builders, 21—Legends of the Nahuas, 21—Huehue—Tlapallan, 22—Atlantis, 22—Noah of the Mexican tribes, 22—Universal fable of the deluge, 23. | |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | colspan=3 style="text-align:center;padding-top:1em;padding-bottom:1em;" | III. |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | style="text-align:left;font-size:110%;;font-variant:small-caps;" | Traditions of the Toltecs | colspan=2 style="text-align:right;font-size:90%;" | 24–37 |-style="vertical-align:bottom;" | colspan=2 style="text-align:justify;" | Their wanderings, 24; ruins of their capital, 26; their resources, 26; language, 27; early faith, 27—Cuernavaca, 28—Toluca, 28—Power of their ruler, 29—Quetzalcoatl, The Shining Snake, 29; legends of his career, 30; possible facts, 32; mystery of his departure, 32; image in the museum, 33; his attributes, 33—Evil days of the Toltecs, 34—The Agave Americana, 34; its properties, 35—Maguey, 35—Xochitl, 36; her beverage, 36—Deterioration of the Toltecs, 37; dates of their wanderings, 37. | |}