28 Quotes by Edward Burnett Tylor

There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.

Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.

During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.

Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.

I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.

The interior of Mexico consists of a mass of volcanic rocks, thrust up to a great height above the sea-level.

Whenever anything disagreeable is happening in the country, Vera Cruz is sure to get its full share.

Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm.