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ra Cruz we traveled by rail to various points in Mexico visiting 
) end of ruins, but I shall stop only°to speak of one group in the 
State of Qaxaca, Southern Mexico. At Mitla we are in the country 
of the Zapotecs and encounter novel phases of art. The buildings 
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“have somewhat similar characteristics with those of the Maya prov- 
“inces and owe their erection to néarly identical conditions and 
BE etives eas their ground plan. is distinctive and the details of el- 
_ evation and construction are peculiar to the region. The long nar- 
row buildings are all arranged in quadrangles, sometimes joined at 
E the corners. giving 4 closed Spares hee RE set apart several 
F feat leaving free access to the court. No form of arch was case. 
4 the roofs having been supported by beams of wood,now entirely gone, 
Be ering the houses roofless, but the walls in many cases stand to 
their full heignt and are ronaree ss specimens of embellished ma- 
__sonry. They are faced inside and out with accurately hewn stones 
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decorated with numerous panels of fretwork, not embodying life | 
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orms as in the sculptured facades of Yucatan, but consisting of ~»* 
