. Young folks' history of Mexico. tion of the deity, Quetzalcoatl,the symbolical feathered serpent, stretching its plumedbody across the entire length of the court. Other buildings lie in ruins, and heaps of stone alonetell where many others formerly stood. The House ofthe Pigeons is one, the House of the Old Woman, andthe Nameless Mound, all lie within sight of the centralstructures. There is one pyramid here, crowned by a longnarrow building called the House of the Dwarf, which isreached by one hundred steps, each one foot high. Theentire mound is eighty-five feet high, two hundred andthirty
. Young folks' history of Mexico. tion of the deity, Quetzalcoatl,the symbolical feathered serpent, stretching its plumedbody across the entire length of the court. Other buildings lie in ruins, and heaps of stone alonetell where many others formerly stood. The House ofthe Pigeons is one, the House of the Old Woman, andthe Nameless Mound, all lie within sight of the centralstructures. There is one pyramid here, crowned by a longnarrow building called the House of the Dwarf, which isreached by one hundred steps, each one foot high. Theentire mound is eighty-five feet high, two hundred andthirty-five feet long by one hundred and fifty-five wide,and the crowning structure is seventy-two feet by twelve. All around Uxmal are ruins, the surface being literallycovered with them, showing that this region was at onetime densely inhabited. This section was that in whichdwelt the Tutul Xius, last immigrants to Yucatan beforethe Spanish invasion. South and southeast of this aremany more vestiges of cities, once inhabited, but now. Rinns and Antiquities. 359 silent ana desolate. Such are Lab?ia, Kahbah, Nohpat^and many others. Some are celebrated for the shnplicityof their architecture and grandeur of proportions, whileothers excite the wonder of the few travellers who haveseen them by the profuseness and beauty of their orna-ments. Not the least interesting of these is that ancientcapital of the Maya empire, Mayapan. Of all the groupsof ruins it is the nearest to the present capital, mound at Mayapan is sixty feet high and one hundredsquare at its base. Upon its summit is a stone platformfifteen feet square, and sculptured stones are scattered allabout. To go into the details of these remarkable structures,scattered so profusely throughout the wilds of Yucatan,would, with our present space, be impossible. The curiousand studious reader should consult such works as Stephensvaluable volumes : Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. Thisindefatigable traveller and pleasant writ
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