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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



exciting thoughts, and almost presented the images 

 of the departed inhabitants hovering about the build- 

 ing. And there w^s one striking feature about these 

 hands ; they were exceedingly small. Either of our 

 own spread over and completely hid them ; and this 

 was interesting from the fact that we had ourselves 

 remarked, and heard remarked by others, the small- 

 ness of the hands and feet as a striking feature in 

 the physical conformation of the Indians at the pres- 

 ent day. 



The stones with this red hand upon them were 

 the first that fell as we commenced our breach into 

 the wall. There were two crowbars on the haci- 

 enda, and working nearly two days, the Indians 

 made a hole between six and seven feet deep, but 

 throughout the wall was solid, and consisted of large 

 stones imbedded in mortar, almost as hard as rock. 

 The reason of this immense back wall, where every- 

 thing else had a certain degree of fitness and con- 

 formity, we did not discover, and we had this huge 

 hole staring us reproachfully in the face during all 

 the remainder of our residence. 



A few words more, and I have done with this 

 building. In the south end apartment, the fa9ade 

 of which has been presented, we found the sculp- 

 tured beam of hieroglyphics which had so much in- 

 terested us on our former visit. In some of the in- 

 ner apartments the lintels were still in their places 

 over the doorways, and some were lying on the 

 floor sound and sohd, which better condition was no 



