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MEXICO. 
yi^arraia 
The two figures in flie left-hand corner are Cortez and Dona Marina, 
as the mottoes above indicate. Marina holds a rosary in her hand, while 
the Marquis appears to be in the act of speaking and perhaps giving 
order for the execution represented beneath, where a Spaniard is seen in 
the act of loosening a blood-hound, who springs at the throat of an Indian. 
In the original copy all the colors are given. The hair of the victim is 
erect with horror, his eyes and mouth are distended, and his throat is 
spotted with blood, as the fangs and claws of the ferocious beast are driven 
through his flesh. 
Aptly placed just below this curious picture is another of the last of 
the Kings of Tezcoco, of which I shall have occasion to speak hereafter ; 
and beneath that again, on a stand, in the midst of a number of hideous 
idols carved in stone, are two Funeral Vases of baked clay, found some 
vears since at St. Jago Tlaltelolco. the northern suburb of the citv. 
