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MEXICO 
The next figures are specimens of "household gods;" some of the 
originals of which are now in my possession. 
Like the ancient Romans, the Mexicans had their Penates, called by 
them Tepitoton. The sovereigns, and great lords always had six of them 
in their dwellings ; the nobles four, and the common people two ; and it 
is related by Clavigero, that these gods were to be found everywhere in 
their streets. 
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