CONTENTS 



OF 



THE SECOND VOLUME. 



CHAPTER 1. 



Departure from Nohcacab. — Outfit. — Rancho of Chack.— Fright 

 of the Women. — Rancho of Schawill. — Casa Real. — Scarcity 

 of Water. — Visit from the Alcalde. — Primitive Mode of obtain- 

 ing Water. — A peculiar People. — Ruins of Zayi. — Great tree- 

 covered Mound.- — The Casa Grande. — Fortunate Discovery. — 

 Staircase. — Doorways, &c.— Buildings on the second Terrace. 

 — Doorways. — Curiously ornamented Columns.— Building on 

 the third Terrace. — Doorways, Apartments, &c. — Stone Lin- 

 tels. — Facade of the second Range of Buildings. — Ground Plan 

 of the three Ranges. — The Casa Cerrada.— Doorways filled up 

 inside with Stone and Mortar. — Finished Apartments, also filled 

 up. — This filling up simultaneous with the Erection of the Build- 

 ing. — A Mound.— Ruined Building. — Its Interior. — Sculptured 

 Head, &c. — A strange Structure. — An Archway.— Perpendicu- 

 lar Wall. — Stuccoed Figures and Ornaments. — Great Terrace 

 and Building. — Apartments, &c. — Want of Interest manifested 

 by the Indians in regard to these Ruins . . . Page 9 



CHAPTER II. 



Visit to a ruined Building near Chack. — A Field of Taje.— Descrip- 

 tion of the Building. — Hornet's Nest. — Young Vulture. — Pictu- 

 resque View from the Terrace. — Well of Chack. — Exploration 

 of its Passages. — Return to the Rancho. — Departure from Scha- 

 will. — The Camino Real.— Rancho of Sennacte. — Wild Appear- 

 ance of the Indians. — Continued Scarcity of Water. — -Another 

 ruined City. — Two ruined Buildings.— Apartments, Columns, 

 &c. — High Wall. — Journey continued. — Rancho of Sabachshe. 



