INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL 



IN 



YUCATAN. 



CHAPTER I. 



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. 



On the twenty-fourth of January we left Nohca- 

 cab. It was a great rehef to bid farewell to this 

 place, and the only regret attending our departure 

 was the reflection that we should be obliged to re- 

 turn. The kindness and attentions of the padreci- 

 to and his brother, and, indeed, of all the villagers, 

 had been unremitted, but the fatigue of riding twelve 

 miles every day over the same ground, and the difli- 

 culty of procuring Indians to work, were a constant 



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