302 INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



All these buildings are within three hundred yards 

 of the staircase of the Monjas ; from any interme- 

 diate point all are in full sight ; the field is open, 

 and intersected by cattle-paths ; the buildings, stair- 

 cases, and terraces were overgrown, but Indians 

 being at hand in sufficient force, they were easily 

 cleared, and the whole was finished with a despatch 

 that had never before attended our progress. 



These are the only buildings on the west side of 

 the camino real which are still standing ; but great 

 vestiges exist of mounds with remains of buildings 



