88 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



hand-writing of Boturini, in whose collection 

 this curious document formed a prominent 

 feature, though it was even then mutilated 

 and torn in the middle, and is so described 

 in his catalogue of the valuable antiquities 

 he then possessed. In a copy of the map 

 given in the first edition of this work, the 

 dotted lines denote the supposed continuation 

 of the squares ; but somewhere near the centre 

 was the site of the great temple, which has 

 probably occasioned some devotee long since 

 to destroy that part. On the border on one 

 side of the map is represented a line of ancient 

 kings and caziques, with some of the Spa- 

 niards ; and on the opposite side, the remains 

 of figures on horseback are strong proofs of 

 its having been made after the Conquest, 

 which is confirmed by the first Christian 

 church of St. Maria being also represented 

 on it, as well as several temples. 



The history of the conquest of this extensive 



