 ... parts of the grounds. In one quarter was an aviary, filled with numerous kinds of birds, remarkable In this region both for brilliancy of plumage and of song. The gardens were intersected by a canal communicating with the lake of Tezcuco and of sufficient...  Travellers and Explorers - Page 1911903 - 607 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Clark Strong - 1893 - 304 pages
...canal communicating with the lake Texcuco, and of sufficient size for barges to enter from the latter. But the most elaborate piece of work was a huge reservoir of stone, filled to a considerable height with water well supplied with different kinds of fish. This reservoir... | |
 | Edna Henry Lee Turpin - 1902 - 432 pages
...communicating with the lake of Tezcuco, and of sufficient size for barges to enter from 'the latter. But the most elaborate piece of work was a huge reservoir of stone, filled to a considerable height with water well supplied with different sorts of fish. This basin was... | |
 | William Christopher Sayrs - 1903 - 384 pages
...communicating with the lake of Tezcuco, and of sufficient size for barges to enter from the latter. But the most elaborate piece of work was a huge reservoir of stone, filled to a considerable height with water, well supplied with different sorts of fish. This basin... | |
 | Robert Edward Anderson (M.A., F.A.S.) - 1903 - 220 pages
...with numerous kinds of birds remarkable in this region both for brilliancy of plumage and for song. But the most elaborate piece of work was a huge reservoir of stone, filled to a considerable height with water, well supplied with different sorts of fish. This basin... | |
 | Robert E. Anderson - 1915 - 424 pages
...with numerous kinds of birds remarkable in this region both for brilliancy of plumage and for song. But the most elaborate piece of work was a huge reservoir of stone, filled to a considerable height with water, well supplied with different sorts of fish. This basin... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1928 - 264 pages
...luscious fruits. There was an aviary filled with all kinds of birds, remarkable for the brilliance of their plumage and the sweetness of their songs....which Cortes intended to lead them on the morrow. CHAPTER V THE OCCUPATION OF MEXICO WITH the first faint streak of dawn, on the morning of November... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 2004 - 904 pages
...communicating with the lake of Tezcuco, and of suff1cient size for barges to enter from the latter. But the most elaborate piece of work was a huge reservoir of stone, filled to a considerable height with water well supplied with different sorts off1sh. This basin was... | |
 | William Prescott - 2005 - 761 pages
...communicating with the lake of Tezcuco, and of sufficient size for barges to enter from the latter. But the most elaborate piece of work was a huge reservoir of stone, filled to a considerable height with water well supplied with different sorts of fish. This basin was... | |
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