same : it is a warrior, perhaps a king, who has 
his right hand resting on the helmet of a man, 
who is offering him flowers as a mark of obedk 
ence. Mr. Diip^, whom I had occasion to men- 
tion at the beginning of this work, has copied 
the whole relief ; I convinced myself on the spot 
of the exactness of his drawing, a part of which 
is engraven on the plate ; and I have chosen the 
remarkable group, which represents a bearded 
man. It is observable, that in general the 
Mexican Indians have somewhat more beard 
than the rest of the natives of America ; it is 
not rare even to see some with mustaches. Was 
there ever formerly a province, the inhabitants 
of which wore a long beard ? Or is that which 
we see in the relief artificial ? and is it a part 
of those fantastic ornaments, by which warriors 
sought to inspire their enemies with terror ? 
Mr. Dupe’s opinion seems to me well-founded, 
that this sculpture represents the conquests of 
an Aztech king. The conqueror is always the 
same, the vanquished warrior wears the dress 
of the nation to which he belongs, and of which 
he may be said to be the representative. Behind 
the prisoner is placed the hieroglyphic, that de- 
notes the conquered province. In the collection 
of Mendoza, the conquests of a king are in the 
same manner indicated by a buckler, or bundle 
of arrows, placed between the king and the 
symbolical characters or arms of the subjected 
