8 PALENQUE. 



visited Palenque, but, owing to the outbreak of the revolution in Mexico, both Dupaix's 

 Report and Castaheda's drawings were lost sight of for some years. 



In 1831 the report and some of the drawings were published in Lord Kingsborough's 

 8 Mexican Antiquities,' and in 1834 both report and drawings were published in ' Anti- 

 quites Mexicaines ' (Paris, 1834). 



In April 1832 M. Fred, de Waldeck arrived at Paleuque and commenced a survey 

 and examination of the ruins which extended over two years. The results of his 

 labours were not, however, published until 1866, when the French Government 

 undertook the task and published the ' Monuments Anciens du Mexique ' with an 

 Introduction by the Abbe Brasseur de Bourbourg, in large folio, illustrated by 56 litho- 

 graphic plates of Waldeck's drawings and plans, 35 of which relate to Palenque. 



Meanwhile, in 1840, Stephens and Catherwood had visited Palenque, and published 

 in 1841 an interesting description of the ruins, and many excellent drawings (' Incidents 

 of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan,' vol. ii., and Catherwood's ' Views,' 

 plates vi. & vii.). 



In 'Ruines Americaines ' (Paris, 1863), M. Desire Charnay gives four photographs 

 taken during his visit to the ruins in 1858, and in 'Les Anciennes Villes du Nouveau 

 Monde ' (Paris, 1885) he gives an account of his sojourn in the ruins in 1881-2, with 

 numerous illustrations taken from photographs and casts. 



A large number of shorter and less important notices have been published from time 

 to time, and a careful bibliographical note is to be found in Bancroft's ' Native Races 

 of the Pacific States,' vol. iv. pp. 289-294, and there is also much information in 

 ' Notes on the Bibliography of Yucatan and Central America,' by Mr. Acl. F. Bandelier 

 (Press of Chas. Hamilton, Yi'orcester, Mass., 1SS1). 



General Description op tee Site. 

 (See Plan on Plate I., and sections on Plate II.) 



The ruins of Palenque are situated in the Mexican State of Chiapas, in N. lat. 17° 

 29' 30", and W. long, (approximate) 92° 5' 20". 



They stand on a narrow shelf on the northern slope of the foothills of the Sierra de 

 las Naranjas. This range here runs nearly east and west, and overlooks to the north 

 a level plain of forest and savannah land extending about seventy miles to the shores 

 of the Gulf of Mexico. 



The track from the village of Santo Domingo to the ruins follows a W.S. W. direction 



