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.


Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern (ed. 1861)


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...

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...

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...

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...