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CHAPTER VII. 



Return to Nohcacab. — Final Departure from this Village. — An 

 Indian Sexton. — Route. — "Old Walls." — Ruins of Sacbey. — 

 Paved Road. — Journey continued. — Ruins of Xampon. — Impo- 

 sing Edifice. — " Old Walls," called by Indians Xlapphak. — 

 Ruins of Hiokowitz and Kuepak. — Zekilna. — Altar for burning 

 Copal. — Ancient Terrace. — Lofty stone Structure. — Remains of 

 a Building. — Sculptured Stones. — Platform. — Rancho of Chun- 

 huhu. — Become involuntary Masters of a Hut. — Its interior Ar- 

 rangements. — Scarcity of Water. — Pressing Wants. — Visit to 

 the Ruins. — Two Buildings. — Facade. — Ornamented Doorways. 

 — Welcome Visiters. — Another Building. — Plastered Front. — 

 A Building seen from the Terrace. — Visit to the Ruins of School- 

 hoke. — Large stone Structure. — Ranges of Buildings. — Circu- 

 lar Stone.— Ruined Edifice. — Representations of Human Fig- 

 ures. — Return to the Rancho. — Benefits of a Rain. 



On the fourteenth of February we returned to 

 Nohcacab. We had sent Albino before to make all 

 our necessary arrangements, and on the fifteenth we 

 took our final leave of this village. We had no 

 regret ; on the contrary, it was pleasant to think that 

 we should not return to it. Our luggage was again 

 reduced to the smallest possible compass : hammocks, 

 a few changes of clothes, and Daguerreotype appa- 

 ratus, all the rest being forwarded to meet us at Peto. 

 The chief of our Indian carriers was a sexton, who 

 had served out his time, an old neighbour in the con- 

 vent, whom we had never seen sober, and who was 

 this morning particularly the reverse. 



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