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MEXICAN MONUMENT 



IN RELIEF, 



FOUND AT OAXACA. 



PLATE XT. 



This relief, one of the most curious remains of 

 Mexican sculpture, was found a few years ago, 

 near the town of Oaxaca. The sketch was 

 communicated to me by an eminent naturalist, 

 Mr. Cervantes, professor of botany at Mexico, 

 to whom we owe the knowledge of the new 

 genera cheirostemon, guardiola, and many other 

 plants, which will be published in the Flora of 

 New Spain by Messrs. Sesse and Mocinno. 

 The persons who sent this drawing to Mr. Cer- 

 vantes assured him, that it was copied with the 

 greatest care ; and that the relief, sculptured on 

 a blackish and very hard rock, was more than a 

 metre in height. 



They who have made a particular study of 

 the Tolteck and Azteck monuments must be 



