68 SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



bridges has a pointed arch, which is formed 

 of two stones only, and some of the door- ways 

 have circular tops. 



The drawings of the city of Palenque prove 

 it to have been a magnificent place. The en- 

 gravings that were taken from them and pub- 

 lished in London last year are tolerably cor- 

 rect, as far as they extend, but they are in- 

 complete. The windows are represented as 

 arched, which is not the case, as their heads 

 are square, although the door is rounded. 



The Mineria also contains a collection of 

 antiquities, consisting principally of copper 

 and stone adzes, spears, arrow-heads, &c, 

 all of which greatly resemble those of an 

 early period, that have been found in 

 Europe. 



There are several fine busts ; — one, co- 

 lossal, of a man in the same cap as that re- 

 presented on the head of a boy, which I have 

 brought with me. Some have teeth of a white 



