64 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO, 



to him the transactions, and progress of the 

 Spaniards, I have brought over several ; and, 

 what is of more consequence to the antiquarian 

 and historian, the before-mentioned original 

 map of the ancient city, made by order of the 

 Emperor for Cortez, and intended to have been 

 transmitted by him to the King of Spain. 



I also procured a great number of the 

 ancient statues and idols in stone and burnt 

 earth, sacred vessels, and other ornaments of 

 the temples, with several of the domestic im- 

 plements, and a variety of ancient documents 

 of great interest, from which the public will 

 be enabled to acquire information respecting 

 the aboriginal inhabitants. But Mexico still 

 possesses many objects of study for the anti- 

 quary, for sculptured idols are to be found 

 in many parts of the city. The corner-stone 

 of the building now occupied by the lottery- 

 office, and fronting the market for shoes, is 

 the head of the serpent-idol, of great mag- 



