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Edward Burnett Tylor

Edward Burnett Tylor

English Scientist

Born: Oct 2, 1832

Died: Jan 2, 1917

Among Country Cruz Great Mexico People

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At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova. Edward Burnett Tylor

Sunset Through Rattling Town Little Little Town Streets

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. Edward Burnett Tylor

If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing. Edward Burnett Tylor

You Man Writing Wife Married Married Man Town Cuba Without Permission Go Passport Get Cannot Next Your Resident

One step outside the gate, and we are among the sand-hills that stretch for miles and miles round Vera Cruz. Edward Burnett Tylor

Outside Step Cruz Vera Miles Round Among Gate Stretch

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. Edward Burnett Tylor

People Matter First Building Followed Habit Had Forced Houses Piles Taste Just Which Afterwards Holland Chosen Position

The plateau of Mexico is 8,000 feet high, and that of Puebla 9,000 feet. Edward Burnett Tylor

High Feet Mexico Plateau

There was no romance about the mosquitos, however. Edward Burnett Tylor

About However Romance

We are at last on the high lands of Mexico, the districts which at least three different races have chosen to settle in, neglecting the fertile country below. Edward Burnett Tylor

Three Country Settle Neglecting High Districts Least Fertile Mexico Different Which Races Lands Chosen Last Below

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