| 单词 | maguey |
| 例句 | We pass milpitas, and big spiky maguey plants with white sheets and colorful laundry drying upon them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z I imagine those who wash our clothing and bedding then carefully drape it over magueys to dry. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The mushrooms were prepared simply, seasoned with garlic, lightly grilled and topped with bitter maguey buds. Overnighter: Tlaxcala, an Old-World Escape Near Mexico City 2011-11-23T20:01:52Z But there are exceptions, like this one, new to our pantries, from Oaxaca, Mexico, which combines salt with pequín and arból chiles and dried, crushed maguey worms. Flavored Salt Worthy of Your Pantry 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Sánchez is busy finding sources for the skin peeled from maguey leaves, the traditional wrapper in Mexico. Smoke in the Mexican Food and Fire in the Mezcal 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The maguey criollo is earthier, smokier and woodsy. A Mezcal With Brooklyn Connections 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z As for the worm, it’s the larva of the maguey moth, an animal that lives and feeds on agave plants. 3 questions about tequila, answered 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z This cousin of tequila is handcrafted by farmers in small batches from the maguey plant, which takes 7 to 30 years to reach maturity. Oaxaca’s Potent Secret, Mezcal Is Born of Time, Tradition and a Slow-Growing Plant 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z At 66 I haven’t got a lot of time left before I transmogrify into a maguey. Sandra Cisneros Loves to Read About Women Waging Battle 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Both drinks are made from agaves, cacti that are also known as magueys. Mezcal vies with tequila for bigger share of drink market 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z The mezcal also supplies some of the vegetal undertones of the maguey plant from which it is distilled. Smoke in the Mexican Food and Fire in the Mezcal 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z The following spring, all the magueys on the hill sprouted stalks that bore the graffiti that declared their eternal love, a bit of magical realism that’s also one of the great reveals in ranchera history. Appreciation: 10 essential songs of ranchera legend Vicente Fernández 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Some steam adobo-marinated goat wrapped in maguey leaves in an oven. Review | Birria may be an Instagram darling, but these spots prove it’s no passing fad 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Those include maguey, a raw ingredient for mescal, a Mexican liquor. In Mexico's cradle of corn, climate change leaves its mark 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z The worms themselves are actually caterpillars — specifically, the larva of a moth called the gusano de maguey. Mezcal rockets up to top-shelf status — but leaves the worm behind 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z The word mezcal is composed of two Nahuatl words: metl, which means maguey, and ixcalli, which refers to a conical, earthen oven where the agaves are cooked. Mezcal For Dummies with Niki Nakazawa, the Oaxaca-based co-founder of Neta 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z Traditionally, the meat would have been wrapped in the skin of the maguey plant. 2120: Exciting Latin-influenced dining in Amazonia 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z “Now, fortunately, the young people are taking this up, rescuing something, its essence, and rescue the identity of their people and the land where pulque is born, which is the maguey fields.” Mexico's ancient beverage of pulque makes a comeback 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z But, as she is unable to pay the several thousand dollars fee to be certified, she will no longer be allowed use the words “agave” or “maguey”. Don't call it mezcal: Mexico forces artisanal producers to use a new name 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z As in winemaking, the type of maguey, terrain and fermentation method leave a thumbprint on each batch. Distilling mescal is a father-to-son tradition in Mexico 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Mezcal is a distilled spirit, and can be made from some thirty varieties of agave, or maguey. A Liquor for the Farm-to-Table Movement 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z The cables of this bridge were made of the twisted fibre of maguey, a kind of osier, and were at least three feet in diameter. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z Hidalgo produces cereals in the more elevated districts, sugar, maguey, coffee, beans, cotton and tobacco. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z Adding insult to injury, mezcaleros from outside the DO are also prohibited from listing the ingredients – varieties of agave and maguey – on the labels of their products. Don't call it mezcal: Mexico forces artisanal producers to use a new name 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z There's no easy way of catching up to demand — just plant maguey now and wait, wait, wait. Distilling mescal is a father-to-son tradition in Mexico 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z It has been discovered recently that the juice of the maguey plant is a certain remedy for hydrophobia. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z His condition was but slightly improved; he was then placed upon the expressed juice of the maguey, in doses of f. ǯij. three times daily; same diet continued. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z All liquor in Mexico made from the maguey, or agave, plant is mezcal. Toby Keith, Mezcal Endorsement Pioneer 2011-11-17T22:00:28Z The Apaches make a bread from the pounded roots of the maguey or mountain aloe, of which they always carry a supply when on their war forays or hunting expeditions. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z They grind the maguey and tend the fire. Distilling mescal is a father-to-son tradition in Mexico 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z It is the burning — mescal is the Nahuatl word for “cooked maguey” — that imbues the smoky flavor. Zumpahuac?n Journal: Move Over, Tequila, It?s Mescal?s Turn to Shine 2011-07-21T22:17:05Z On that date he commenced the use of the expressed juice of the maguey; same diet as the case above described. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z The most commonly used agave in the state of San Luis Potosí is Maguey salmiana, which is sometimes referred to as maguey verde, though rarely is it the sole ingredient in mezcal. Toby Keith, Mezcal Endorsement Pioneer 2011-11-17T22:00:28Z Libations of maguey, or maize-spirit, were made to the deity, after first having touched the sacred lips of the Inca. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z Victor says mezcaleros once used woven baskets to transport the slosh of fermented maguey into the still. Distilling mescal is a father-to-son tradition in Mexico 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z From fields of maize which alternated with sunburned fields of maguey they now rode into an avenue that led on through green cane. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z On the 21st of April they exhibited evidences of improvement, but it was nothing when compared with the cases under the use of the maguey. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z The maguey plant is much like the century plant which you have seen in parks and greenhouses. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z With this I could have brought her up on open ground, but we were running up a narrow lane, and on each side was a treble row of magueys, forming a most fearful-looking chevaux-de-frise! The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z There were none in front of the drawing-room; but instead, an enormous aloe—the maguey of Mexico. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z Among other plants, we noticed the giant maguey, and a great variety of the cactus, that favorite child of the sun. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The juice of the maguey contains a large amount of vegetable and saccharine matter, and of itself is sufficiently nutritious to sustain a patient for days. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z They had cotton, and they also had a fine, stout fiber from the maguey plant. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Had I pulled the mare to either side, she would have certainly tripped up in the magueys, and impaled me on their bayonet-shaped spikes. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z Ten minutes more, and we stood behind the maguey. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z A specimen found sitting on a maguey plant in the daytime was pale ashy gray with a pale green upper lip. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México They are five in number, twisted from the fibres of the cabuya, or maguey plant, and are about four inches thick. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 The Aztecs made two kinds of paper, one of the soft inner bark of a tree, the other from the maguey plant. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z Growing on the roof are two maguey plants, Agave Americana, in our latitude called the century plant, but under the hot sun of the tropics blooming every four or five years. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. We remained in the maguey, to await the conclusion of the ceremony. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z He had indeed not advanced far along a level tract of country, covered with maguey and maise plantations, before he was vigorously attacked. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. In one place were sold the stuffs manufactured of nequen; ropes, and sandals; in another place, the sweet maguey root, ready cooked, and various other things made from this plant. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. The fermented juice of the maguey, with a mixture of sweets and acids, supplied also various agreeable drinks, of different degrees of strength. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West The maguey plants cut down in making the clearing appear fallen on the steps. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. II. Astonishment still held me speechless, as it did my companion—motionless, too, as the maguey leaves, radiating around us. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z The ground was level, but some shelter was afforded to small bodies of men, by the ditches, maguey plant, etc. Company 'A', corps of engineers, U.S.A., 1846-'48, in the Mexican war Bearing in mind this middle row of spines it is impossible to mistake the leaf of the pandan for that of the pineapple or maguey, which it resembles more or less in form and shape. Philippine Mats Philippine Craftsman Reprint Series No. 1 One writer, after speaking of the "pulque" being made from the "maguey," adds, "with what remains of these leaves they manufacture excellent and very fine cloth, resembling holland or the finest linen." The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West The Austrians were quartered in the village, and Ney and Driscoll found accommodations for the two girls and themselves farther down the road, at the house of a maguey grower whom they persuaded to vacate. The Missourian The wild maguey grasps you by the leg, as though some hideous monster had sprung from the bushes. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 The strong distilled liquor made from the roots of the maguey plant is quite another article, and is more like Scotch whiskey in effect. Aztec Land The maguey is a strange great century-plant that grows higher than a man’s head. The Mexican Twins Bridges were of wood, of ropes made from maguey fiber, or of stone. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Look to the right of that, then you’ll observe a large house, standing in the middle of the maguey fields. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Out again upon the open track through the soft grass, and winding around the wild maguey, or under the claw-shaped thorns of the musquit. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 Some of these on deerskin, and some on a sort of parchment, or papyrus, which the Toltecs and Aztecs made from the leaves of the maguey plant, may be seen in European museums. Aztec Land This made them feel better, and they walked on until they had passed the maguey plantation and were out in the open fields once more. The Mexican Twins Other ceremonies connected with fire worship took place in connection with the manufacture of the pulque, or octli, the fermented liquor obtained from the sap of the maguey plant. Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History The labourers hoeing among the young maize plants, and the tlachiquero drawing the sap from his magueys, saw a sight to astonish them. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley In the plantations on the plains of Apam, where the maguey is largely cultivated, they prevent its flowering. Adventures of a Young Naturalist But this represents the better class of cabin, the majority having only a thatched covering supported by small branches of trees trimmed for the purpose, over which are placed dried banana and maguey leaves. Aztec Land The material of which it is made is a maguey paper of grayish tinge, and not a yellowish brown as would be inferred from the 1887 edition. Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex with a Concluding Note Upon the Linguistic Problem of the Maya Glyphs These poles were nothing else than the long flower-stalks of the maguey or American aloe, as no other wood of sufficient length grew in the vicinity. Popular Adventure Tales Beyond this point the causeway, carried on among maguey plants, and Peruvian pepper trees, cannot be seen from the highest house-top in the city. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley A maguey plant is serviceable in producing sap for two or three months. Adventures of a Young Naturalist In the environs of Queretaro one sees immense plantations devoted to the growth of the maguey plant, from which the national beverage is manufactured. Aztec Land There stood a large, rudely-shaped tent, constructed out of the covers of the despoiled packages—pieces of coarse hempen canvas and sack cloth, woven from the fibres of the maguey. The Tiger Hunter Sisal Hemp.—Sisal hemp, or henequen, is a stout, stringy fibre obtained from the thick leaves of several species of agave, to which the maguey and century-plant belong. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The suspension-bridges—instead of which wretchedly inferior ones of wood are now used—were composed of the tough fibres of the maguey; a species of osier, possessing an extraordinary degree of tenacity and strength. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A little farther on, I found myself facing a maguey—Agave Mexicana—a sort of aloe, from which pulque is extracted. Adventures of a Young Naturalist When we consider the matter, it is surprising to recall the number of uses to which the maguey plant is put. Aztec Land It was a capacious one, made of the strong plaited thread of the maguey. The Tiger Hunter We could see the mezcal, or wild maguey plant, growing against the cliff—its scarlet leaves contrasting finely with the dark foliage of the cedars and cacti. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness In early times garments were made of the fiber of the maguey, and of feathers and rabbit skins. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 They were then tied upon poles of maguey, and set upright over the carcasses, so as to dangle and dance about in the wind. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire The maguey plant has been called the miracle of nature, on account of the large number of articles which are made from it and the variety of uses to which it is adapted. Aztec Land He was distancing me, and I began to fear I should lose him, when all at once I saw that his course was intercepted by a list of magueys, running transversely right and left. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The juice of the maguey, in its unfermented state, is called honey-water. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited The rope was formed of the tough fibres of the maguey—an osier which grows in the moist ground of that region. On the Banks of the Amazon With his brazen bit and his Sam Stack tree His chaps and taps to boot, And his old maguey tied hard and fast, Bill swore he'd get the brute. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads Of course it will be adulterated, every intoxicant is, except pulque as at present made from the maguey by the Indians. Aztec Land I was on my honour, my steed upon his mettle; and without halt we went plunging through the magueys. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The fences here are chiefly formed by rows of the maguey or century plant, growing at the side of a ditch. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited It was composed of the tough fibres of the maguey, a sort of osier of great tenacity and strength, woven into cables. On the Banks of the Amazon The old gray hoss he stopped right still; The cinches broke like straw, And the old maguey and the Sam Stack tree Went driftin' down the draw. Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads The maguey plant constituted the real vineyards of the Aztecs, as well as the tribes preceding them, its product being the drink of the people of the country long before the days of the Montezumas. Aztec Land With a quick wrench upon the rein, he once more wheeled round, set his horse against the magueys, plied the spur, and dashed right into their midst. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The uses to which the maguey is applied are more numerous than the methods of its cultivation. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited There is a field of magueys, and beyond this you will find the forest. The Rifle Rangers It is not wine he is drinking, but the whisky of Tequila, distilled from the wild maguey. The Lone Ranche The Aztecs, and the Toltecs before them, had the fermented juice of the maguey plant. Aztec Land It was the wild maguey, of course, but of a species with broad fleshy leaves of dark-green colour, somewhat resembling the maguey of cultivation. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The leaf of the maguey, when crudely dressed and spun into a coarse thread, is woven into sail-cloth and sacking; and from it is made the bagging in common use. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited After a march of several miles, fording numerous streams, and working our way through tangled thickets of nopal and wild maguey, an opening suddenly appeared through the trees. The Rifle Rangers The maguey—the Agave americana—was an invaluable ally of life and civilisation. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development On the coast it is what they call palm wine, and rum from sugar-cane; on the table-land, it is pulque, from the maguey plant,—their delight and their curse. Aztec Land Like the magueys, it ran transversely to our course. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse It is not ordinarily sold at wholesale; but each maguey estate has its retail shops in town, from which the whole product of the estate is retailed out. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited He was a tight, wiry little animal, that could live upon mezquite beans or maguey leaves for an indefinite time; and his abstemiousness was often put to the test. The Rifle Rangers All around are vast fields of maguey, or plantations of cotton, stretching as far as can be seen. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Our course lies through broad maguey fields and across the Atoyac River, a shallow stream most of the year; but at times it becomes a rushing torrent. Aztec Land One of their horses or mules might have munched at the maguey in passing; and, viewing the bruised blade from a distance, I should have hazarded just such a conjecture. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse It is lined with fields of corn and maguey. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Beyond this, the mezquite and the scarlet leaves of the wild maguey marked the boundary of the forest. The Rifle Rangers Paper for such documents were made of skins, or cotton cloth, or of the fibrous leaves of the maguey, and this last, a species of "papyrus," was carefully prepared, and was of a durable nature. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development These books consisted of one long sheet of a kind of paper made by macerating and beating together the leaves of the maguey, and afterwards sizing the surface with a durable white varnish. The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 The trail led north-west, as written upon the maguey. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The great value of the maguey plant arises from the amount of intoxicating liquid which it produces, which is the chief source of intoxication among the common people of the table-land. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited The maguey, with its bill-shaped claws, had torn our uniform overalls to shreds. The Rifle Rangers The valleys provide numerous agricultural products; the mountains contain, in certain places, timber, and the sterile uplands maguey. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Symbol of a worm which gnawed the roots of the growing agave or maguey; appears but once, on Plate XXIXc of the Manuscript Troano. Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 253-372 This plant, a bromelia, is of the same genus as the Agave Americana, and by travellers often confounded with the latter, though quite a distinct plant from the maguey of cultivation. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The other is the flowering maguey, or century plant, of which so many fabulous stories are told in the United States. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited Meanwhile my comrades had crept into the magueys to wait for me. The Rifle Rangers The principal agricultural products are maguey and cereals, from which a large revenue is derived by the haciendas devoted to the industry. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Here there was a heap of the maguey fibres used in the manufacture of cloth, and hid beneath this the fugitive escaped capture. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III They had passed the boy as he lay concealed among some magueys; he had heard their cries as they rushed past. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Around the villages were clearings, and whereas in the plains below maize was chiefly cultivated, the largest proportion of the fields, here, were devoted to plantations of the aloe or maguey. By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico My comrades were already chafing at my delay; and, joining them, we crept through the magueys, parting the broad, stiff leaves with our fingers. The Rifle Rangers Green meadows, running streams, great plantation of maguey, giving their characteristic semi-tropical aspect to the landscape, surround haciendas and villages embowered in luxuriant foliage, all lying beneath the azure vault of the Mexican sky. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development When the Tarahumares want to make maguey wine they leave the baked stalks in water in natural hollows or pockets in rocks, without any covering. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan Tin cups were produced and all, including Carossa, drank pulque made from the maguey plant. The Texan Star The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty It is worth observing that the Peruvians built their houses with wooden beams, and as Prescott tells us, 'knew no better way of holding the beams together than tying them with thongs of maguey.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Compare, for an Occidental parallel, the many-breasted goddess of the maguey plant, in Mexico. Modern Mythology However, considerable quantities of sugar-cane, tobacco, cereals, fruits, maguey, &c., are raised, and cattle bred. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development First of all maguey plants have to be collected, and wine made, as this is indispensable to the success of the undertaking. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan In the fiber exhibit were samples of hemp, maguey pina, and textile barks of all kinds, together with samples of cloth and rope manufactured from them. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission Cholula was then a large and populous city, much resembling Valladolid, situated on a fertile plain which was thickly inhabited, and all its surrounding district was well cultivated with maize, maguey, and pepper. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time It is said that the early inhabitants of the islands subsisted for a long time upon roots and palms and magueys. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Great plains and plantations of maguey exist upon the tableland for the making of pulque, Hidalgo alone having 129 haciendas devoted to this industry. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Such fishing may last for two days and nights, and is finished by dancing yumari and drinking maguey wine. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan The Haytians loved music, and possessed one or two simple instruments; their maguey was like a timbrel, made of the shells of certain fishes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 The stems of the maguey can supply the place of hemp, and may be converted into paper. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 371, May 23, 1829 The maguey, or Agave, is used in the manufacture of fine roping. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 In the humid portion of the territory sugar-cane, tropical fruits, vines, maguey, cereals, and other products are, however, raised. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Then Tezcatlipoca brewed an intoxicating beverage, the pulque, from the maguey, and taking a mirror he wrapped it in a rabbit skin, and went to the house of Quetzalcoatl. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent The peccary, Gila monster, tarantula, centipede, scorpion and horned toad are specimens of its strange animal life; and, the numerous species of cacti, yucca, maguey, palo verde and mistletoe are samples of its curious vegetation. Arizona Sketches She was weary with gathering the sacred flower pollen; she lay under a maguey in the warm sun and felt the light airs play over her. The Trail Book The maguey throws up a stalk about fifteen feet in height yearly, which, after flowering, grows stalky and brittle, and remains an unsightly thing. Scientific American Supplement, No. 531, March 6, 1886 The maguey, or agave, is a staple product, yielding the famous pulque beverage, and indeed the lands which produce this intoxicant might well be, in the national interests, applied to the growing of wheat. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development Her father was the first to collect honey from the maguey plant, and on pretence of buying this delicacy the king often sent for Xochitl. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent The maguey, or American aloe, is the most abundant and widely distributed of the native plants. Arizona Sketches But often she would steal out after that, when the wind brought her the smell of the maguey, or at night when the moon walked low over To-yalanne, and play as puma. The Trail Book Instead of the monotonous and stiff maguey, whose head never bends to the blast, we are surrounded by fields of waving corn. Life in Mexico The national beverage of the Mexican is the well-known pulque, a fermented and intoxicating drink made from the maguey, and elsewhere described. Mexico Its Ancient and Modern Civilisation, History, Political Conditions, Topography, Natural Resources, Industries and General Development The Aztecs manufactured, in large quantities, a useful paper from the leaves of the maguey, and upon it they painted numerous figures and signs, which conveyed ideas, and sometimes also sounds. Aboriginal American Authors The heart of the maguey is saccharine and rich in nutriment. Arizona Sketches Here for the first time were pulque producing fields of maguey, planted in long, straight, emerald-green rows. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond This part of the country is extremely pretty, being a corn and not a maguey district. Life in Mexico This beverage is made from the roots of the maguey, a plant common to this region. The Young Trail Hunters Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West A long, level plain, covered with a dense growth of coarse sea-grass, was between them and the hills, which were covered with palms, maguey and other tropical trees. The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story It consists of live oak, pinion, mesquite, desert willow, greasewood, sage brush, palmilla, maguey, yucca and cacti and is mostly evergreen. Arizona Sketches There was no pulque, the maguey being unknown to the region, but bottled mescal and aguardiente de caña amply made up for it. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond But there are so few incidents in our quiet life among the magueys, that I shall write no more till we return from San Agustin after the fête. Life in Mexico On the causeway, opposed to them, were planted Santa Anna's reserves—four thousand foot and three thousand horse—in a measure protected by a dense growth of maguey. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 We measured, at the same place, magueys or agaves, the long stems of which, laden with flowers, were forty-four feet high. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 In Mexico the chief drink was "pulque," the fermented juice of the agave or maguey plant. The Naturalist in Nicaragua It was a chilly gray day when the little narrow-gage train bore us close by the miraculous temple of Guadalupe, with its hilltop cemetery and stone sails, and into the vast fields of maguey beyond. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond The hacienda itself, a fine large building, stands lonely and bleak in the midst of magueys. Life in Mexico It comes from a plant, what the Mexicans calls 'maguey,' an' Peets calls a 'aloe.' Wolfville Days By interrupting the blossoming, nature is obliged to carry elsewhere the saccharine or amylaceous matter, which would accumulate in the flowers of the maguey and in the fruit of the Mauritia. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 The Yuman tribes of the mountains east of Santiago wore sandals of maguey fiber and descended from their own territory among the mountains "to eat calabash and other fruits" that grew beside the Colorado River. The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America Fields of maguey in mathematically straight lines stretched up and away out of sight over broad rolling ridges. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond No habits to be worn in these parts, as I found from experience, after being caught upon a gigantic maguey, and my gown torn in two. Life in Mexico The pulque gatherers scoops out the blossom of the maguey while it's a bud. Wolfville Days Once more his steed the maguey spurned, Once more the sky above him burned, On the Llano Estacado. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 But upon the maguey plant near where she had stood there were golden ashes of a strange and wonderful substance. Light of the Western Stars The first field of maguey appeared, planted in long rows, barely a foot high, but due in a year or two to produce pulque, the Mexican scourge, because of its cheapness, stupefying the poorer classes. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond After we had remained there a little while, we were admitted into the Sanctum, where the identical Virgin of Cortes, with a large silver maguey, occupies her splendid shrine. Life in Mexico Plantations of maguey and occasional clumps of Peruvian trees are the only vegetation, and Indian huts the only traces of human life. Life in Mexico The sugar-cane was unknown to the ancient Mexicans, who made syrup of honey, and also from the maguey, and sugar from the stalk of maize. Life in Mexico One morning, as the sun rose gloriously, he looked across the windy hill toward the waving grass and golden flowers under the maguey, and he saw the Virgin beckoning to him. Light of the Western Stars Sometimes long, unmortared stone fences divided the landscape, more often mile after unobstructed mile of slightly undulating brown plain, tinted here and there by maguey, rolled by us into the north. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Here also I first tasted pulque; and on a first impression it appears to me, that as nectar was the drink in Olympus, we may fairly conjecture that Pluto cultivated the maguey in his dominions. Life in Mexico The organas, the nopal, and great fields of maguey, constitute the chief vegetation for many miles round. Life in Mexico We stopped at their hacienda of Sopayuca, an old house, standing solitary in the midst of great fields of maguey. Life in Mexico There is, however, little improvement made by the Mexicans upon the ingenuity of their Indian ancestors, in respect to the maguey. Life in Mexico |
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