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covered way between two huge walls which 

 terminate near a river. This has probably 

 been one of the entrances into the town. 

 There are many things well worth examining 

 in this place, and we left it, regretting that our 

 time did not allow us to see more of it. We 

 returned to Tezcuco across some fine fields of 

 c&rn, and having put up our horses again, com- 

 menced our rambles over this very interesting 

 city and its suburbs, every part of which ex- 

 hibits remains of its ancient grandeur ; — the 

 raised mounds of brick are seen on all sides, 

 mixed with aqueducts, ruins of buildings of 

 enormous strength, and many large square 

 structures nearly entire, (which I believe to 

 be of Mexican architecture:) fragments of 

 sculptured stones constantly occur near the 

 church, the market-place, and palace, a visit 

 to which cannot fail to awaken the most in- 

 teresting recollections in the mind of a person 

 at all versed in the history of this portion of 



