The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . o our luoj-o-acre we sallied forth insearch of the cemetery under the escort of the chief guide,and began the ascent of Monte del Fraile, 782 feet high, overa distance of three miles. This may appear a small matter—but a short walk; yet a climb performed at an altitude of13,000 feet on moving sand, every step of which is painful,is no joke: the head aches, the pulse throbs, every breathdrawn is a gasp, the throat is dry, every attempt to stoopmakes one dizzy, rest becomes necessa
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . o our luoj-o-acre we sallied forth insearch of the cemetery under the escort of the chief guide,and began the ascent of Monte del Fraile, 782 feet high, overa distance of three miles. This may appear a small matter—but a short walk; yet a climb performed at an altitude of13,000 feet on moving sand, every step of which is painful,is no joke: the head aches, the pulse throbs, every breathdrawn is a gasp, the throat is dry, every attempt to stoopmakes one dizzy, rest becomes necessary every few minutes;and on reaching the crest of Tenenepanco rock we werethoroughly exhausted. My impatience to find the cemetery was so great, that Icould not stop long to contemplate the fine view to be seenhere ; we immediately began our search. But though I seemedto recognise the plateau, it looked somewhat different—strewnwith flat stones I had not observed before—consequently Iclimbed higher, followed by an old Indian who had been withme in my first expedition, and who opened the ground in several. iV .a Tenenepanco and Naiiualac Cemeteries. 167 places. It was found very hard, compact, gravelly, withoutany appearance of ever having been disturbed ; so after manyfruitless attempts, I returned to the first place, when the oldIndian, who had not breathed a word hitherto, said : Sefior, this is the place where you found some vases thelast time you were here. But how do these flags come here ? Oh, from subsequent excavations. Then I am sold, robbed, done out of my find, I cried inmy disappointment, as though the cemetery were my property. But, objected the old volcanero softly, only a few loadsof detritus were taken away ; there must be more to come out. Acting on advice which seemed so reasonable, I soon dis-covered numerous tepalcates, fragments of vases, cups, andvarious potteries; we had lost so much time, however, inlooking about, that we were soon obliged to aband
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