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CONTENTS. Vii 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Perplexities —Household Wants.— Indian Mode of boiling Eggs. 

 —Clearings —A valuable Addition —Description of the Ruins. 

 — Casa del Gobernador.— Hieroglyphics —Ornaments over the 

 Doorways. — Ground Plan.— Doorways.— Apartments.— Great 

 Thickness of the back Wall. — A Breach made in the Wall. — 

 Prints of a Red Hand.— Sculptured Beam of Hieroglyphics.— 

 Wooden Lintels.— Loss of Antiquities by the Burning of Mr. 

 Catherwood's Panorama.— Terraces.— A curious Stone.— Cir- 

 cular Mound.— Discovery of a Sculptured Monument.— Square 

 Stone Structure. — Sculptured Heads. — Staircase.— House of 

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CHAPTER IX. 



Journey to J alacho.— Execrable Road. — Sight of Ruins at Sen- 

 uisacal. — A motley Multitude. — Village of Becal. — The Cura. 

 — Breakfast. — Ruins. — Arrival at Jalacho. — A great Fair. — 

 Fete of Santiago.— Miracles. — Figure of St. James.— Bull-fight 

 and Bull-fighters. — Horse-market.— Scenes in the Plaza. — Gam- 

 bling.— Primitive Circulating Medium. — A Memorial of Home. 

 — A Ball. — Search for Ruins. — Hacienda of Sijoh. — Mounds of 

 Ruins. — Remarkable Stones. — A long Edifice. — Hacienda of 

 Tankuche. — More Ruins. — A plastered Wall covered with 

 Paintings. — Annoyance from Garrapatas. — Return to the Vil- 

 lage. — Ball. — Fireworks. — Condition of the Indians . 187 



CHAPTER X. 



Sunday. — Mass. — A grand Procession. — Intoxicated Indians. — Set 

 out for Maxcanu. — A Caricoche. — Scenery. — Arrival at Maxca- 

 nu. — Cave of Maxcanu. — Threading a Labyrinth. — An Alarm. — 

 An abrupt Termination. — Important Discovery. — Labyrinth not 

 subterraneous. — More Mounds. — Journey continued. — Grand 

 View. — Another Mound. — An Accident. — Village of Opoche- 

 que. — View from the Sierra. — More Ruins. — Return to Uxmal. 

 — Change of Quarters. — An Addition to the Household. — Beau- 

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