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ranges of apartments, the outer one fallen, the inner 

 one entire. 



In descending on the other side over a mass of 

 ruins, I found at one corner a deep hole, which ap- 

 parently led into a cave, but, crav^ling down, I found 

 that it conducted to the buried door of a chamber 

 on a new and curious plan. It had a raised platform 

 about four feet high, and in each of the inner cor- 

 ners was a rounded vacant place, about large enough 

 for a man to stand in ; part of the back wall was 

 covered with prints of the red hand. They seem- 

 ed so fresh, cLnd the seams and creases were so dis- 

 tinct, that I made several attempts with the machete 

 to get one print off entire, but the plaster was so 

 hard that every effort failed. 



Beyond this was another building, so unpretending 

 in its appearance compared with the first, that, but 

 for the uncertainty in regard to what might be found 

 in every part of these ruins, I should hardly have no- 

 ticed it. This building had but one doorway, which 

 was nearly choked up ; but on passing into it I no- 

 ticed sculptured on the jambs, nearly buried, a pro- 

 truding corner of a plume of feathers. This I im- 

 mediately supposed to be a headdress, and that be- 

 low was a sculptured human figure. This, again, 

 was entirely new. The jambs of all the doors we 

 had hitherto seen were plain. By closer inspection 

 I found on the opposite jamb a corresponding stone, 

 but entirely buried. The top stone of both was 

 missing, but I found them near by, and determined 



