mountain oj the locusts, a place shadowed by 
ancient cypresses, and celebrated for the magni- 
ficent view from the top of the hiil^ ; Coxcox, 
king of Colhuacan (No. 30), denoted by the 
same phonetic hieroglyphics as are found in the 
square, which represents the deluge of Coxcox, 
and the mountain of Colhuacan ; Mixiuhcan 
(No. 29), place of childbwth ; the city of Te- 
mazcatitlan (No. 26) ; the city of Tenochtitlan 
(No. 34), designated by dykes traversing a 
marshy soil, and by the nopal (cactus) on which 
reposed the eagle, which had been pointed out 
by the oracle, to mark the place where the Az- 
tecks were to build a city, and finish their migra- 
tions ; the founders of Tenochtitlan (No. 35) ; 
those of Tlatelalco (No. 27) ; the city of Tlate- 
lalco (No. 28), which is at present only a suburb 
of Mexico. 
We shall not ente]^ into an historical detail of 
the events to which the simple and compound 
hieroglyphics of the painting of Siguenza relate. 
These events are recorded in Torquemada, and 
in the ancient history of Mexico published by the 
Abb6 Clavigero. Besides, this picture is less 
curious as a monument of history, than interest- 
ing, from the method which the artist has follow- 
ed for the connexion of facts. We shall content 
ourselves with noticing here, that the bundles of 
^ See my Essay on New Spain, vol. i, page 179, 2. 
