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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Discovery of a Building. — Two others. — Description of the first 

 Building. — Ornaments in Stucco. — Columns. — Corridor.— Paint- 

 ings. — Central Chamber. — Altar. — Upper Story.— Stone Tab- 

 lets. — Another Building. — Mutilated Figure. — Apartments. — Al- 

 tar. — A third Building.— This City seen by the early Spanish 

 Voyagers. — Continued to be occupied after the Conquest. — A d- 

 oratorios. — Accounts of ruined Cities in the Interior. — Return 

 Voyage. — Sea-sickness. — Nesuc. — Kancune. — Ruined Build- 

 ings. — Island of Mugeres. — Sea-birds. — Appearance of the Isl- 

 and. — A hideous Funeral Pile. — Ibises. — Lafitte. — Piratical As- 

 sociations. — Confession of a Pirate. — Visit to the Ruins. — A 

 lonely Edifice. — Grand Scene. — Corridors. — Inscriptions. — 

 Square Building. — Account of Bernal Dias. — Departure from 

 the Island. — Catoche. — Yalahao. — Ancient Mound. — El Cuyo. 

 — An old Acquaintance in Misfortune . . . Page 401 



CHAPTER XXHI. 



Port of Silan. — Hospitality — TJrpalffast — Walk along the Shore. 

 — Flamingoes.— Shooting Excursion to Punta Arenas. — Wild 

 Road. — Take Possession of a Hut. — Great Variety and im- 

 mense Numbers of Wild Fowl. — Get Stuck in the Mud. — Fla- 

 mingoes and Spoonbills. — A ludicrous Adventure. — Dissection 

 of Birds. — Return to the Port. — The Quartel. — A Catastrophe. 

 — Departure. — Village of Silan. — Gigantic Mound. — View from 

 its Top. — Another Mound. — Accounts of Herrera and CogoUu- 

 do. — The Grave of Lafitte. — Hospitality of the Padres. — De- 

 parture from Silan. — Temax. — Church and Convent. — Izamal. 

 — Fiesta of Santa Cruz. — Appearance of the City. — Mounds. — 

 Colossal Ornaments in Stucco. — Gigantic Head. — Stupendous 

 Mound. — Interior Chambers. — Church and Convent. — Built on 

 an ancient Mound. — A Legend. — A Ball . . . .419 



CHAPTER XXIV. 



Departure for Merida. — The Road. — Cacalchen. — Hacienda of 

 Ake. — The Ruins. — Great Mound called the Palace. — Immense 

 Staircase. — Grand Approach. — Columns. — No Ren^^ins of a 

 Building on the Mound. — Other Mounds. — Interior Chamber. — 



