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wishing to run the risk of creating a disturbance on 

 the hacienda, I left the graveyard with empty hands. 

 The majoral afterward told me that it was fortunate 

 I had done so, for that if I had carried any away, it 

 would have caused an excitement among the Indians, 

 and perhaps led to mischief. 



The account of our residence at Uxmal is now 

 drawing to a close, and it is time to bring before the 

 reader the remainder of the ruins ; but before doing 

 so I shall make one remark in regard to the work 

 of Mr. Waldeck, which was published in folio at 

 Paris in 1835, and, except my own hurried notice, 

 is the only account that has ever been published of 

 the ruins at Uxmal. I had this work with me on 

 our last visit. It will be found that our plans and 

 drawings differ materially from his, but Mr. Wal- 

 deck was not an architectural draughtsman, and he 

 complains that his drawings were taken from him 

 by the Mexican government. I differ from him, 

 too, in the statement of some facts, and almost en- 

 tirely in opinions and conclusions ; but these things 

 occur of course, and the next person who visits 

 these ruins will perhaps differ in many respects from 

 both of us. It is proper to say, moreover, that Mr. 

 Waldeck had much greater difficulties to encounter 

 than we, for at the time of his visit the ground had 

 not been cleared for a milpa, and the whole field 

 was overgrown with trees ; besides, he is justly en- 

 titled to the full credit of being the first stranger 



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