SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



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CHAPTER XXIV. 



Antiquities. 



Baron Humboldt states that the objects 

 worthy the notice of the antiquarian are — the 

 great Calendar and Sacrificial Stones in the 

 Plaza Major, the colossal statue of the God- 

 dess Teoyamiqui in the gallery of the Uni- 

 versity, the Aztec monuments in hieroglyphic 

 pictures, and the two pyramids of San Juan 

 de Teotihuacan. Of the two first I have 

 brought home casts, taken from the subjects 

 themselves by permission of the government. 

 Of the pyramids I made models on the 

 spot, and of the manuscripts and hierogly- 

 phic pictures sent to Montezuma to announce 



