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RUINS OF MIGUITLAN, 
OR 
MITLA, 
IN THE 
PROVINCE OF OAXACA ; 
PLAN AND ELEVATION. 
PLATES XLIX & L. 
After having given in this work the descrip» 
tion of so many barbarous monuments^ which are 
interesting merely as they are connected with 
history, I feel some pleasure in bringing forward 
' to notice a building constructed by the Tzapo- 
tecks, anciently inhabiting Oaxaca, and covered 
with ornaments remarkable for their elegance. 
This edifice is known in the countiy under the 
name of the Palace of Mitla. It stands on the 
south-east of the city of Oaxaca, or Guaxaca, at 
ten leagues distance, on the road to Tehuante- 
pec, in a granitic country. Mitla is only a con- 
