Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . P!ioto6ravureGoupi!£.l<!a< Stone Head found lung on the Southern Slopes. biol. , Archseol., December 1888. 10 Sqtjake Altak (T) in the Village or Copan. Personal Narrative. My first visit to Copan was made in January 1881. I had landed at Yzabal abouta fortnight before, and was on my way to Guatemala city accompanied by a nativemuleteer in charge of two pack-mules. My interest in American antiquities hadalready been aroused by what I had s
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . P!ioto6ravureGoupi!£.l<!a< Stone Head found lung on the Southern Slopes. biol. , Archseol., December 1888. 10 Sqtjake Altak (T) in the Village or Copan. Personal Narrative. My first visit to Copan was made in January 1881. I had landed at Yzabal abouta fortnight before, and was on my way to Guatemala city accompanied by a nativemuleteer in charge of two pack-mules. My interest in American antiquities hadalready been aroused by what I had seen on the road from Yzabal of the ruins atQuirigua. During this first visit to Copan, which lasted only three days, I was able, with the COPAN. 11 aid of the plan and description given in Stephenss Travels in Central America, tosee all the monuments then known to exist there. My next visit was in January 1885, when I had already gained some experience ininvestigating Indian ruins. I was accompanied by the three brothers Gorgonio, Carlos,and Jose Domingo Lopes, two of whom had been with me during former expeditions. Near the frontier of Honduras I was met by two gentlemen, Don Carlos Madrid andDon Jorge Dowson, who had been sent by General Bogran, the Presid
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