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COPAN. 



Sqtjake Altak (T) in the Village or Copan. 



Personal Narrative. 



My first visit to Copan was made in January 1881. I had landed at Yzabal about 

 a fortnight before, and was on my way to Guatemala city accompanied by a native 

 muleteer in charge of two pack-mules. My interest in American antiquities had 

 already been aroused by what I had seen on the road from Yzabal of the ruins at 

 Quirigua. 



During this first visit to Copan, which lasted only three days, I was able, with the 



