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PAPEES RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



iieatli Ibe surface of the ground, aud auotber, a lithograph of which ap- 

 pears in the Zeitschrift flir Ethnok)gie for 1882, is reported to have been 

 found in an ancient cavern near or beneath one of the great pyramids. 

 Two of the most clever workmen, as I am credibly informed, have their 

 shoi)S just outside of the ancient city. Examples of other varieties are 



Fig. 4. 

 Figs. 2, 3, and 4. — Vases in dark clay, made at San Juan Teotihnacan. 



presented in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The form shown in Fig. 2 is a favorite, 

 and with slight modifications is produced in luimbers. Figs. 3 and A are 

 more rare. In the latter a serpent with tlattish body forms the head- 



FlG. 5.— Vase in brown clay, made at San Juan Teotihuacan. 



dress of a personage wliose strongly modeled visnge appears upon the 

 front of the vase. The lid of tbis piece which is hidden by the head- 

 dress is surmounted by a coiled serpent. These coiled-serpeut lids are 



