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CONTENTS. 



— Welcome Visiters. — Another Building. — Plastered Front. — 

 A Building seen from the Terrace. — Visit to the Ruins of School- 

 hoke. — Large stone Structure. — Ranges of Buildings. — Circu- 

 lar Stone. — Ruined Edifice. — Representations of Human Fig- 

 ures. — Return to the Rancho. — Benefits of a Rain . Page 121 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Journey to Bolonchen. — Bad Road. — Large Hacienda. — Impo- 

 sing Gateway. — An inhospitable Host. — Ruins of Ytsimpte. — 

 Ruined Edifice. — Staircase with sculptured Stones. — Square 

 Building. — Fa9ade decorated with Pillars. — Ruined Walls. — 

 Remains of a sculptured Figure. — Character and Aspect of 

 the Ruins. — Departure. — Arrival at the Village of Bolonchen. 

 — Scene of Contentment. — Wells. — Derivation of the Word Bo- 

 lonchen. — Origin of the Wells unknown. — The Cura. — Visit to 

 an extraordinary Cave. — Entrance to it. — Precipitous Descents. 

 — A wild Scene. — Rude Ladders. — Dangers of the Descent. — 

 Indian Name of this Cave. — A subterranean Ball-room. — Cav- 

 ernous Chamber. — Numerous Passages. — Great Number of 

 Ladders. — Rocky Basin of Water. — Great Depth of the Cave. 

 — A Bath in the Basin. — Its Indian Name. — Return to the 

 Rocky Chamber. — Exploration of another Passage. — Another 

 Basin. — Indian Stories. — Two other Passages and Basins. — 

 Seven Basins in all. — Indian Names of the remaining five. — 

 Want of Philosophical Instruments. — Surface of the Country. 

 — This Cave the sole Watering-place of a large Indian Village. 

 — Return. — Visit to the Cura. — Report of more Ruins . 137 



CHAPTER IX. 



Departure from Bolonchen. — Lose the Road. — Sugar Rancho. — A 

 new Section of Country. — Rancho of Santa Rosa. — Annoy- 

 ance from Fleas. — Visit to the Ruins of Labphak. — A lofty 

 Structure. — Apartments, &c. — Staircases. — Doorways. — Inter- 

 esting Discovery. — Courtyard. — Square Building on the second 

 Terrace. — Ornaments in Stucco. — Oblong Building on the third 

 Terrace. — Colossal Figures and Ornaments. — Centre Apart- 

 ment. — Tokens of recent Occupation. — Ground Plan of the low- 

 er Range of Apartments. — Sculptured Bas-reliefs. — ^^Builders 

 adapted their Style to the Materials at Hand. — Abode at the 



