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RUINS OF MIGUITLAN, 



OR 



MITLA, 



IN THE 



PROVINCE OF OAXACA ; 



PLAN AND ELEVATION. 



PLATES XLTX & L. 



After having given in this work the descrip- 

 tion of so many barbarous monuments, which are 

 interesting merely as they are connected with 

 history, I feel some pleasure in bringing forward 

 to notice a building constructed by the Tzapo- 

 tecks, anciently inhabiting Oaxaca, and covered 

 with ornaments remarkable for their elegance. 

 This edifice is known in the country under the 

 name of the Palace of Mitla. It stands on the 

 south-east of the city of Oaxaca, or Guaxaca, at 

 ten leagues distance, on the road to Tehuante- 

 pec, in a granitic country. Mitla is only a con- 



