124 INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



Xampon, where stand the remains of an edifice 

 which, when entire, must have been grand and im- 

 posing, and now, but for the world of ruins around, 

 might excite a stranger's wonder. Its form was 

 rectangular, its four sides enclosing a hollow square. 

 It measured from north to south eighty feet, and 

 from east to west one hundred and five. Two an- 

 gles only remain, one of which is represented in the 

 plate opposite. It stood alone, and an Indian had 

 planted a milpa around it. From this " old walls" 

 were again visible, which the Indians called Kalu- 

 pok. 



Beyond we saw at a distance two other places, 

 called Hiokowitz and Kuepak, ruined and difficult 

 of access, and we did not attempt to reach them. 



It added to the effect of the ruins scattered in this 

 region, that they were not on a camino real, but on 

 a little-frequented milpa path, in some places so 

 overgrown that we found it difficult to force a pas- 

 sage. The heat was intense ; we exhausted our 

 waccals of water, and as there was no stream or 

 fountain, our only chance of a supply was from a 

 deposite of rain-water in the hollow of some friend- 

 ly rock. 



At two o'clock we reached a small clearing, in 

 which stood an arbour of leaves, and under it a rude 

 cross, facing the road ; beyond, on the left, was an 

 overgrown path, which, for the first time in many 

 years, had been opened for me on a former occa- 

 sion, to enable me to visit the ruins of Zekilna. 



