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seen the Spaniard, with long thin features, seated in his curule chair and carrying his 

 two-handed sword, while on the last line are represented three figures with hats 

 having doubly curved rims and full bonnet-like crowns, the first seated in the curule 

 chair holding the sword resting on its point ; they all have thin beards, and the two 

 others look as though advancing on a march of exploration. 



The ^ahuatl words look as if made by a pencil, style, or short brush similar to 

 that used in delineating the figures, and with a sepia-like preparation ; while the 

 Spanish ones have evidently been made with an ink containing iron, and an instru- 

 ment which disturbed the gloss of the paper, as is shown by its penetration to fibres 

 adjacent, giving the lines a sort of hazy margin occasionally. 



