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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO, 



long carefully concealed were brought to 

 light. Such as were portable I purchased, 

 and of others I took casts and drawings, to 

 enable me to make fac-similes on my return 

 to England.* 



The largest and most celebrated of the 

 Mexican deities was known to be buried un- 

 der the gallery of the University. With 

 some difficulty the spot was ascertained ; ap- 

 plication was then made to the heads of the 

 College through the politeness of Senor Del 

 Rio, Professor of Mineralogy, and the great 

 Goddess was disinterred at the expense of the 

 University. It was the labour of a few hours 

 only, and I had the pleasure of witnessing 

 the resurrection of this horrible deity, before 



* I have since been informed that the Govern- 

 ment are forming a public Museum in Mexico, and 

 have strictly forbidden the removal of any anti- 

 quities from the country. 



