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be with difficulty traced apart. At the door of 

 a cottage we noticed a large idol of stone, 

 similar to that we had seen at Tezcuco, but 

 of better workmanship ; and in the centre of 

 the town a singular kind of column with a 

 pointed top, of which we made a drawing. 

 By this time our party had considerably in- 

 creased, and I believe consisted of all the male 

 population of the place ; never having been 

 visited by strangers before, our appearance 

 excited much amusement among them, but 

 nothing could exceed their civility and kind- 

 ness. They were delighted with the sketches 

 we had made, and eagerly pointed out every 

 object they thought worthy of our observa- 

 tion. The ancient wall, almost thirty feet 

 high, and very thick, extends to a consider- 

 able distance, and is of a very singular con- 

 struction, being divided into five unequal 

 parts. The broadest division is built of 

 large oval stones, with the ends standing out 



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