ANTIQUITIES IN MEXICO. 691 



surface, in which the blood of victims flowed iu honor of the fierce 

 Aztec deities. The same theory will also account for the presence of 

 such a work of art as the sculptured slab of Tezcoco in the midst of a 

 collection of mud huts, such as Cortez found and dignified with the 

 name of a city. 



The drawing of this " find" (represented in the foregoing figure), was 

 made by Mr. W. H. Bishop, and the following is the translation of the 

 certificate of discovery issued to me by citizen Eugenie Villadosola, 

 political chief of the district of Tezcoco, in the State of Mexico, June 3, 

 1882: 



I certify that Seuor S. B. Evans, chief of the expedition sent by the director of 

 the newspaper called the Chicago Times, has presented himself in this town for the 

 pnrpose of examining the ancient monuments that exist in this district which is 

 under my direction, and having discovered in an excavation that had already been 

 begun a stone that is said to be the ancient calendar stone of Tezcoco, the dimensions 

 and drawings of which he has in his possession, I hereby issue to said Seuor Evans 

 this certificate of discovery this 5th day of June, 18d2. 



Eugenie Villadosola, 

 Political Chief. 



Antony C^sar, 



Clerk. 



The monument, by order of Seiior Mendoza (since deceased), director 

 of the national museum at Mexico, has been removed to the city. 



