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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Ruins of Kabah. — General Description. — Plan of the Ruins. — 

 Great Teocalis. — Ruined Apartments. — Grand View. — Terrace 

 and Buildings. — Ranges of Buildings. — Hieroglyphics. — A rich 

 Fagade. — Wooden Lintels. — Singular Structures. — Apartments, 

 &c. — Rankness of Tropical Vegetation.— Edifice called the Co- 

 cina. — Majestic pile of Buildings. — Apartments, &c— A soli- 

 tary Arch. — A Succession of ruined Buildings. — Apartments, 

 &c. — Prints of the Red Hand. — Sculptured Lintel. — Instru- 

 ments used by the Aboriginals for Carving Wood. — Ruined 

 Structure. — Ornament in Stucco. — Great ruined Building. — Cu- 

 rious Chamber, &c. — Sculptured Jambs. — Another Witness for 

 these ruined Cities. — Last Visit to Kabah. — Its recent Discov- 

 ery. — A great Charnel House. — Funeral Procession. — A Ball by 

 Daylight.— The Procession of the Candles. — Closing Scene 



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