An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 60 THE CONQUEST OF TH3 GB2AT TBMPLB 07 MSXICO PivK^eeding from the market-place through various parts of thecity, the Spaniards came to the great teocalli, or temple, in theneighbourhood of their own quarters. It was a huge pyramidalstructure, consisting of five stories, narrowing above each other likrthe tubes of an extended spy-glass, (only square in shape,) so as tclea
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . 60 THE CONQUEST OF TH3 GB2AT TBMPLB 07 MSXICO PivK^eeding from the market-place through various parts of thecity, the Spaniards came to the great teocalli, or temple, in theneighbourhood of their own quarters. It was a huge pyramidalstructure, consisting of five stories, narrowing above each other likrthe tubes of an extended spy-glass, (only square in shape,) so as tcleave a clear pathway round the margin of each story. The ascentwas by means of a stone stair, of a hundred and fourteen at the summit, Cortes and hjs companions found it to be alarge flat area, laid with stone; at one end of which they shudderedas they saw a block of jasper, which they were told was the stoneon which the human victims were laid when the priests tore outtheir hearts to ofTer to their idols: at the other end was a tower ofthree stories, in which were the images of the two great Mexicandeities Huitzilopochth and Tezcatlipoca, and a variety of articles per THE TEMPLE OF MEXICO. 61 taming to their worship. From t
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