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for three hours. Saw a barge and schooner, both bound for the bay. Later, | 
strong gales and a heavy sea. At noon Cape Henry in sight, four miles distant. | 
Sunday, Oct. roth.—Strong gales from the east, all drawing sail set. Steam-| | 
ing up the bay. At 1:45 p. m. took upa pilot. At 3 p. m. furled all sail, wind | 
strong from the N. NE. Anchored off Smith’s point, at 12:30 a. m., and at SIX | 
took a river pilot and proceeded up the river. Weather pleasant. 
Monday, Oct. 11th.—Steaming up the river. At 7:30 p. m. came to anchor 
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IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN MEXICO. 
M. Charnay, now in Mexico, has written the following letter to the Z7vaz 
a’ Union: 
TuLu, Aug. 28th, 1880. 
Mr. EpiTtor:—Since the telegram which I had the honor to send you on 
the subject of my discovery, I have succeeded in uncovering a Toltec dwelling, 
of which I write you. To compare Tulu, capital of the Toltecs, to the Roman 
city is not simply metaphorical; like her she has been buried long centuries, less 
numerous, it is true; but the Indian (Mexican) Pompeii, though less ancient, 
is none the less interesting, for she reveals a world unknown, and brings to 
science and history documents altogether new. ‘Take notice that I do not <laim, 
in any manner, to have discovered Tulu, but I am happy in having been the first 
person to make intelligent excavations in it. You will judge of the originality of 
my labors, when I tell you that this Toltec habitation, exhumed to-day from its 
burial of ten centuries, is composed of twenty-four apartments, two cisterns, 
twelve corridors, and fifteen small stairways, being altogether of extraordinary 
architecture and possessed of intense interest. One thing more important, and 
which will puzzle all tradition. I have found some bones of gigantic ruminants 
(of bisons perhaps), the tibias of which are 0.35 (metres) in length and o.10 in 
thickness, and a femur, the head of which measures 0.14 in length. This is not 
all; in the midst of samples of every kind of baked earth, from the largest sort, 
such as bricks, tiles and gutters, to the smaller kind serving for domestic use, I 
have found some enamels, some porcelain ware, and something still more remark- 
able ; I have found the glass neck of a bottle, ornamented with the colors of an- 
cient Roman glassware. Are these Asiatic keepsakes, or original products ? 
The question is neither new nor the less worthy of the attention of specialists. 
We have a surprise on the subject of Toltec industry, or a solution of their origin. 
I make no commentary, leaving to others the care of destroying the consequences 
of these important documents. As for me, I work, dig, make collections, and 
reserve my opinions. “3 59 *k 
DESIRE CHARNAY. 
—Translated from L’ 2xploration by J. F. 
