14 QUIRIGTJA. 



Monolithic Animal G. (Plates XLI. to XLIV.) 

 Length 14 feet 6 inches ; breadth 8 feet 7 inches; height in front 4 feet. 



This monument is lying on a foundation of three flat stone slabs. For want of a 

 better name my companions in camp were accustomed to call this monument " the 

 armadillo." The arms and legs of the animal portrayed are in much the same position 

 as those on the dragon B, but there are no scrolls on the elbows and knees such as 

 are always found on the dragons. The wrists and ankles are adorned with bracelets 

 and anklets, and the skin is plated with flattened disks or scales. From between the 

 half-open jaws issues a human head, which is much weather-worn. In place of 

 the tail is another human head and bust with hands resting on the shoulders (see 

 Plate XLIIL). The back of the animal is covered with scroll-work. An inscription 

 is carved on both sides of the monument, which, so far as its worn condition allows, 

 has been copied on Plate XLIV. 



Stela H. (Plate XLV., a.) 

 Height 17 feet ; breadth 4 feet 4 inches ; thickness 3 feet. 



This monument has fallen, and was found almost buried in the ground. On the 

 front of the pedestal is a large grotesque face, and on the side is a small human figure 

 seated cross-legged in a serpent's head scroll. The figure on the upper side of the 

 monument is beardless ; there are sandals on the feet ; the hands are held up to the 

 chest, which is covered by a long bar-shaped breastplate, with a serpent's head at 

 either end, from which issues the upper part of a grotesque-faced figure with a spear 

 in one hand and a shield in the other (this figure can be seen in the photograph). The 

 head of the principal figure is surmounted by a grotesque mask, above which is a 

 prominent canopy of feathers. The carving is in rather high relief and much 

 weather-worn. The large decorated scroll which occupies the greater part of the side 

 of the monument seems to issue from the serpent's head at the end of the breast- plate 

 (compare similar scrolls on Stela? A & C, and in Vol. IV. Palenque, Plates LXXI. 

 and LXXV.). The other side of the monument, which is much damaged, appears 

 to have been ornamented with a similar design. There is no inscription. 



Stela I. 



This monument has fallen, and the carving of the principal figure is very much 

 damaged. There is a clear inscription on the back of the monument commencing 

 with an " Initial Series," of which a mould was made in 1894 with much difficulty, as 



