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SIX MONTHS IN MEXICO. 



various directions round the base of the se- 

 cond, and on the road to the largest pyramid ; 

 in some places these tumuli form regular 

 streets running east and west. 



Not far from the great pyramid, near a 

 gate, lay an enormous stone, with a few 

 sculptured ornaments, apparently of great 

 antiquity. A boy who had followed us, ob- 

 serving that we viewed it with attention, took 

 my son a little distance through a plantation, 

 and showed him another of greater dimen- 

 sions, covered with sculpture, with a hole in 

 the top of it, — my son supposed it a stone of 

 sacrifice. 



We soon arrived at the foot of the largest 

 pyramid, and began to ascend. It was less 

 difficult than we expected, although, the whole 

 way up, lime and cement are mixed with 

 fallen stones. The terraces are perfectly 

 visible, particularly the second, which is 

 about thirty-eight feet wide, covered with a 



