Mexico to-day, a country with a great future; and a glance at the prehistoric remains and antiquities of the Montezumas . t office is the porte-cochere leading into the garden of the National Museum. Here Itook a last look, and made a sketch of the sacrificial stone whichstands embowered in tropical plants. In my description of it atpage 191, I did not mention what from the first view caused meto arrive at the conclusion that the stone was not originallyintended for sacrificial purposes: the bowl in the centre and thegroove from the bowl to the outer edge is cut through the orna-mental sculptu
Mexico to-day, a country with a great future; and a glance at the prehistoric remains and antiquities of the Montezumas . t office is the porte-cochere leading into the garden of the National Museum. Here Itook a last look, and made a sketch of the sacrificial stone whichstands embowered in tropical plants. In my description of it atpage 191, I did not mention what from the first view caused meto arrive at the conclusion that the stone was not originallyintended for sacrificial purposes: the bowl in the centre and thegroove from the bowl to the outer edge is cut through the orna-mental sculpture, and greatly damages it (see Plate XXXI,, facingpage 192). Had it been intended in the first instance for humansacrifice the ornamentation would have been arranged accord-ingly. I give this second plate of the stone as it at presentstands (Plate XLVII.), because later travellers will probably findit moved into the large hall of the Museum. As I expected, I had not time to call on all the people towhom I ought to make my adieus. My last spare hour was spentat Madame Eomeros. Senor Komero told me his physicians had. w t-j y. o , H j^ m U i-l H o IH :ii b b CS ir> o <; ^ t/j ul H o U w 5:; H < N a en u: X 0 2 CHAP. XXVIII. DEPARTURE. 253 recommended liim to leave Mexico for a time, so he had justaccepted the appointment of Mexican INIinister at Washington,in which city I had afterwards the pleasure of seeing him train left the city a little after midnight, and before startingfor it I wrote a few lines to the editor of the Spanish and Englishnewspaper, requesting him to insert a letter full of the politestexpressions of farewell he could compose. Many friends came —as it is the custom—to see us off at the station ; and when wehad passed the shrine of Guadalupe we all settled down to ourseveral reflections. I awoke up at the first dawn of light to look at the variousportions of the scenery I had missed on the journey up onaccount of the night overtaking us;
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