Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . heads had been placed round the figures, and similar bowls were to be found in most of the other buildings: nearly ail contained some half-burnt copal, and, from the position in which they were found, it is quite clear that they must have been placed there after the buildings had been partly ruined, I and there can be little doubt that they are made *? and brought there by the Lacandon Indians, who are said still to hold the place in reverence. At the back of Temple K there ar
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . heads had been placed round the figures, and similar bowls were to be found in most of the other buildings: nearly ail contained some half-burnt copal, and, from the position in which they were found, it is quite clear that they must have been placed there after the buildings had been partly ruined, I and there can be little doubt that they are made *? and brought there by the Lacandon Indians, who are said still to hold the place in reverence. At the back of Temple K there are two ruined houses and two pyramidal mounds, and beyond them again are traces of terraces and one loDg house ; but of these remains 1 had no time to make a careful examination. To the west of the town is a triangular hill with stone-faced slopes on the north andeast and rough ground to the west. On the flat top of this hill are the remains ofseveral buildings, of which the houses marked L and M had stone lintels. Photographsof those lintels which were sufficiently well-preserved are given on Plates XCV. RUINS OF MENCHE. 47 The inscription, of which a photograph and drawing are given on Plate XCVIIL, is onthe outer side of a stone lintel, but I am unfortunately unable to say from which houseit was taken. The original stone is one of those removed from the ruins by GorgonioLopez and his brothers which were repacked in Coban for transmission to England*However, by some mistake this particular stone was put into the wrong case and sentto the Museum at Berlin, where I have allowed it to remain. The photograph onPlate XCVIIL is from a cast kindly sent to me by the Curator of the Berlin inscription is particularly interesting, as it contains the only Initial Series foundat Menchc. biol. ,, Archseol., Vol. II., Auhust 1902. BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA; OE, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. EDITED BY F.
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