‘ithout bronze the work could not have been done. fhere 4re, 
however, no traces of the use of bronze by the Central Americans." 
fhe following extracts from letters written to Mrs. Holmes 
itl enliven the account of the trip: 
"I reached Puerto Barreos safely the next day after 
4 writing you from Belize and set out at once for the interior. 
Instead of stopping at Quirigua as I had expected I went, as 
instructea by Mr. Morley, to this city and thence to the ancient 
capitol of the country, pene where we spent several days and 
are just now back to Guatemala. Mr. Morley joined me on the 
way to Antigua and there our party was increased by the addition 
of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, rich cousins of Mr. Morley, and Mr. and 
Mrs. Lothrop of Boston -- all of these beise deeply interested 
in archeology and good and agreeable companions. 
| "Four days were spent in studying the ancient ruins of 
the place -- Indian and Spanish, the latter being of unparalleled 
interest. Antigua was the capital of the country during the 
period of ite greatest nroeereiy and the catholic church made 
one of its greatest conquests. It gained such control of the | 
people that the greater part of the wealth of a rich country was 
devoted +0 agerandizement and the building of vast churches, and 
how there are the ruins of some 50 of the most wonderful struc- 
tures that I have ‘ever seen. It is impossible to convey an 
adequate notion of their grandeur as ruins. It appears that the 
frequency of ay thous made it impossible to keep the vast 
establishments in repair and in desperation the Government de- 
cided to move the capitol to the present site << 12 a broad val- 
