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the pyramids, and the people by whom they 

 were erected, this must be a subject of mere 

 conjecture ; no one whom I could meet with 

 in Mexico knew or cared any thing about the 

 matter. None of the inhabitants had even 

 been to see them, though, from the cathedral, 

 both of them, as well as Tescosingo, contain- 

 ing the bath of Montezuma, are distinctly 

 visible. 



Nor could any person in their more imme- 

 diate neighbourhood give me the least inform- 

 ation respecting these wonderful structures: 

 — on asking an old Indian woman whom we 

 met near the pyramids if she could tell who 

 made them, she replied, " Si Signior, St. 

 Francisco." 



We proceeded to the village of St. Juan 

 de Teotihuacan, and with some difficulty 

 procured refreshment for ourselves and pro- 

 vender for our horses ; and in the evening 

 reached St. Christoval, again soaked with 



