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south wall is in a fair condition, there are no doorways in it, and although it rises to a 

 considerable height, there is no trace of wall-plates or of the commencement of a roof. 



The Southern Temple. 



The lofty mound (cut by section-line E-L) which supported this Temple can be 

 seen to the right of the Temple of the Sun on Plate LXIV. The building on its 

 summit is completely ruined, with the exception of the west wall, and as this wall has 

 no openings in it, it seems probable that the building faced towards the east. The 

 blocks of sandstone, which were employed only in the construction of this building 

 and one of the northern Temples, are much weathered along their edges, and the 

 material appears to have been too soft to stand the moisture of the climate. 



The building (cut by section-line E-L) standing on the level plaza to the north of 

 the Southern Temple is much ruined. The remains of the northern wall are covered 

 with a mass of fallen masonry. The side walls and the southern wall are in good 

 condition, and the latter is pierced by two wide doorways ; but the interior is filled up 

 with solid-looking masonry and rubble, and it is difficult now to make out whether 

 this is the remains of the fallen roof and superstructure, or whether the chambers have 

 been purposely blocked up. 



To the west of the building last described is a long mound (cut by section-line 

 M-N) rising above the east bank of the stream, which contains in its north end several 

 small chambers and walled-up passages. 



To the west of the Temple of Inscriptions on the western edge of the plan are the 

 remains of a building approached by a broad stairway. The eastern half of the roof 

 is still intact, but the rest has fallen. There are traces of stucco decoration on the 

 piers. 



To the south-west of this building, beyond the limit of the plan, is a small mound 

 containing several enclosed chambers. 



Along the base of the hill further to the westward is another group of mounds, 

 many of them honeycombed with small chambers and passages, and at the end of 

 this group, distant nearly half a mile from the Palace, is a mound of considerable 

 elevation with somewhat clearly-defined terrace walls. On the summit is a small 

 building facing north, divided by a main wall into two galleries. The two outer piers 

 of the facade show the remains of a hieroglyphic inscription within an interwoven 

 scroll border, and on the two inner piers can be seen the traces of human figures 

 moulded in stucco. The walls of this building are 3 feet 6 inches in thickness, and 



