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the three other principal streets, which run toward 

 the cardinal points, were a small chapel and altar, 

 at which the inhabitants of the village might offer 

 up prayers on leaving it, and thanks for their safe 

 return. Beyond, the road was stony, bordered on 

 both sides by scrubby trees and bushes ; but as we 

 advanced we passed through an open country, adorn- 

 ed with large forest trees. At the distance of two 

 leagues we turned off by a milpa path on the left, 

 and very soon found ourselves among trees, bushes, 

 and a thick, overgrown foliage, which, after the fine 

 open field of Nohpat, we regarded as among the vi- 

 cissitudes of our fortunes. Beyond we saw through 

 an opening a lofty mound, overgrown, and having 

 upon it the ruins of a building like the House of the 

 Dwarf, towering above every other object, and pro- 

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