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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



but, instead of unfolding secrets, it drew closer the 

 curtain that already shrouded, with almost impene- 

 trable folds, these mysterious structures. 



At the distance of four hundred and twenty feet 

 northwest from the Caracol stands the building rep- 

 resented in the following engraving. It is called by 



the Indians Chichanchob, meaning in Spanish, Casa 

 Colorada, and in Enghsh, Red House. The terrace 

 is sixty-two feet long and fifty-five wide, and is still 

 in good preservation ; the staircase is twenty feet 

 wide, and as we approached it on our first visit, a 

 cow was coming quietly down the steps. 



The building measures forty-three feet front and 

 twenty-three feet deep, and is still strong and sub- 

 stantial. Above the cornice it was richly orna- 



