APARTMENTS. 



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was no variety ; the interiors of all the apartments 

 were the same. Here we were presented with a 

 scene entirely new. The plate opposite represents 

 the interior of this apartment. It consists of two 

 parallel chambers, the one in front being twenty- 

 seven feet long and ten feet six inches wide, and 

 the other of the same length, but a few inches nar- 

 rower, communicating by a door in the centre. 

 The inner room is raised two feet eight inches 

 higher than the front, and the ascent is by two 

 stone steps carved out of a single block of stone, the 

 lower one being in the form of a scroll. The sides 

 of the steps are ornamented with sculpture, as is 

 also the wall under the doorway. The whole de- 

 sign is graceful and pretty, and, as a mere matter 

 of taste, the effect is extremely good. Here, on the 

 first day of our arrival, w^e spread out our provisions, 

 and ate to the memory of the former tenant. His 

 own domains could not furnish us with water, and 

 we were supplied from the wells of Nohcacab. 



In the engraving but one doorway appears on 

 each side of the centre, the front wall at the two 

 ends having fallen. On both sides of this centre 

 doorway were two other doorways opening into 

 apartments. Each apartment contains two cham- 

 bers, with the back one raised, but there are no 

 steps, and the only ornament is a row of small pi- 

 lasters about two feet high under the door, and run- 

 ning the whole length of the room. 



Such is a brief description of the facade and front 



