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appendage of cloth and feathers, which served 
to deaden the stroke of the dart ; its form reminds 
us of the bucklers, which we find represented on 
several vases of Graecia Magna. The club, 
carried by the warrior, No. 3, was hollow, and 
contained stones, which were flung with prodi- 
gious force, as if they were thrown from a sling. 
The figure, No. 4, represents one of those intre- 
pid soldiers, who went almost naked to war, 
with the body wrapped in a net of large meshes, 
which they threw over the head of the enemy, 
as the Roman retiarii in a contest with the mzV- 
millones. No. 5 is a private soldier, who wears 
a cloth cloak, and a very narrow belt of skin, 
maxtlatly around his waist. 
The figure. No. 6, represents, as the Codex 
Vaticanus expressly indicates, the unfortunate 
Montezuma II, in a court dress, such as he wore 
in his palace. His robe, tlachquauhjoy is bor- 
dered with pearls ; his hair turned back to the 
top of his head, and tied with a red riband, the 
military distinction of princes, and the most 
valiant commanders : his neck is ornamented 
with a collar of precious stones {cozcapetlalt)^ 
but be wears neither the bracelets {matememtl)^ 
nor the boots {cazehuatl)^ nor the ear rings {na~ 
cochtli)^ nor the ring set with emeralds suspended 
at the lower lip, which belonged to the grand 
dress of the emperor. The author of the Codex 
Anonymus says, that the sovereign is figured 
