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tion* given of this monument by Mr. Alzate, 

 corresponding member of the Academy of Sci- 

 ences at Paris. There being no scale to the 

 ninth plate, it is necessary to observe, that the 

 height of the figures sitting cross-legged is 



103m. 



* Descripcion de las Antiquidades de Xochicalco, par Don 

 Joseph Antonia Alzate y Ramirez ; Mexico, 1791. Due An- 

 tichi Monumenti di Architettura Messicana illustrati da Pic- 

 tro Marquez ; Rome, 1804. 



