to be composed of somewhat heterogeneous materials having been 
finished with coatings of cement and poss ibly to sane extent with 
Bracings of stone. There are signs of narrow terraces, and origi- 
nally spaceous stairways probably led up to the temples +46+——euci 
ae erowned the summits. At the south base of the smaller pyra- 
mid the roadway expands into a large plaza near the centre of which 
is a small mound; at the base of this lies a much mutilated idol of 
large size and another, quite well preserved, found among the 
mounds on the west side of the court has recently been removed to 
the Museo Nacional. Many minor relies have been recovered from 
this site and the soil abounds in fragmentary earthenware and es- 
pecially in small terra cotta heads probably employed as votive 
offerings. 
Cholula;: Next in interest to Teotihuacan is Cholula a more 
Pecent centre of Toltec power situated some 60 miles to the south 
east of Mexico and a few miles west of the city of Puebla. The 
pyramid is so most noted aboriginal structure in ieee ian 
2 Sh et tT ITT SOT It was stormed and taken 
by Cortez, by whom the native temple crowning its summit was de 
Stroyed and replaced by a Catholic church, This pyramid is still 
hearly 200 feet in height and measures about 1400 feet square at 
the base, It rises abruptly from the plain on the east to. the 
