MEXICAN IDOLS. 
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This is an idol found at Tula — the ancient capital of the Toltecs. The 
second figure represents the bottom of the statue, and the whole appears 
to have been a Toad or Frog — the croaking annoyer of some marshy 
neighborhood, who was raised to the dignity of a divinity in stone and 
propitiated by the offer of an occasional sacrifice. 
And so, perhaps, was the Grasshopper in the following figure, found in 
the Capital, cut out of red marble and beautifully polished. It is said t3 
be the god of Chapultepec — the " hill of the Cicala." 
