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bued with the idea of what importance it is to 

 preserve the style, which characterizes the pro- 

 ductions of the art among nations, who are more 

 or less removed from civilization. What a 

 difference in the truth of the outlines between 

 the hieroglyphics published by Norden, and 

 those we find in the work of Zoega on the obe- 

 lisks, or in the description of the monuments of 

 Egypt, with which the Institute of Cairo has 

 lately enriched the sciences ! 



Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Five Mexican warriors t 

 the first three wear the dress called ichcahuepilli, 

 a kind of cuirass of cotton, three centimetres 

 thick, and covering the body from the neck to 

 the waist. The soldiers of Cortez adopted this 

 armour, which they named escawpil ; a term in 

 which we scarcely trace a word of the Azteck 

 language. The ichcahuepilli was a perfect 

 security against darts : but we must not con- 

 found it with the coats of mail of gold or copper, 

 worn by the generals, called lords of the eagles 

 and the tigers, quauhtin and oocelo, on account 

 of their armour in the shape of masks. The 

 bucklers, chimalli, Nos. 1 and 2, are of a very 

 different form from those figured by Purchas 

 and Lorenzana *. The shield No. 2, has an 



* Purchas, Pilgrims, torn. 3, p. 1080, %. LM; p. 1099, 

 fig C ; pi. 4, fig. F. Lorenzana, Historia de Nueva E'spana, 

 p. 177, lam. 2, et % Adornos roilitares. 



