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appendage of cloth and feathers, which served 

 to deaden the stroke of the dart ; its form reminds 

 us of the bucklers, which we find represented on 

 several vases of Grsecia Magna. The club, 

 carried by the warrior, No. 3, was hollow, and 

 contained stones, which were flung with prodi- 

 gious force, as if they were thrown from a sling. 

 The figure, No. 4, represents one of those intre- 

 pid soldiers, who went almost naked to war, 

 with the body wrapped in a net of large meshes, 

 which they threw over the head of the enemy, 

 as the Roman retiarii in a contest with the mir- 

 millones. No. 5 is a private soldier, who wears 

 a cloth cloak, and a very narrow belt of skin, 

 maxtlatl, around his waist. 



The figure, No. 6, represents, as the Codex 

 Vaticanus expressly indicates, the unfortunate 

 Montezuma IL in a court dress, such as he wore 

 in his palace. His robe, tlachquauhjo, is bor- 

 dered with pearls^ his hair turned back to the 

 top of his head, and tied with a red riband, the 

 military distinction of princes, and the most 

 valiant commanders : his neck is ornamented 

 with a collar of precious stones (cozcapetlalt) , 

 but he wears neither the bracelets (matemecatl) , 

 nor the boots (cozehuatl), nor the ear rings (na- 

 cochtli), nor the ring set with emeralds suspended 

 at the lower lip, which belonged to the grand 

 dress of the emperor. The author of the Codex 

 Anonymus says, " that the sovereign is figured 



