The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . ricklayer who couldnt do quite as well and , on his return home, would no more have dreamtof recounting of the wonderful buildings he had seen in theNew W^orld, than did the Spaniards three hundred years before. It is with something of the feeling which is experienced atparting from a long-cherished friend that we take leave ofthe curious, barbarous, yet withal charming ruins, thrice visitedwith delight ever fresh, with interest all the more vivid thatI have succee
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . ricklayer who couldnt do quite as well and , on his return home, would no more have dreamtof recounting of the wonderful buildings he had seen in theNew W^orld, than did the Spaniards three hundred years before. It is with something of the feeling which is experienced atparting from a long-cherished friend that we take leave ofthe curious, barbarous, yet withal charming ruins, thrice visitedwith delight ever fresh, with interest all the more vivid thatI have succeeded in lifting the deep shroud which coveredthem, and if on that account they are no longer surroundedwith mysterious awe, they will not be less interesting. UXMAL. 413 We set out, directing our march through Muna, which hasa fine well, seemingly of Indian construction. A native feast isbeing held, and here, as throughout the State, it means a grandopportunity for getting drunk. We push on, sleep at a broken-down hovel called Abala, and the next day we are oncemore comfortably setded amonor our household o-ods. INSCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNORS PALACE, UXMAL. CHAPTER XXI. CAMPECHE AND TENOSIQU^. From Progreso to Campeche—Incidents on Board—Carmen—Old Acquaintances—Indian Guns—Frontera—The Grijalva—Tabasco Pottery—Waiting—Carnivalat Frontera—Julians Success — Departure—Jonuta— Monte-Cristo — Diffi-culties at the Custom House—Cabecera—Tenosique—Reminiscences—Monteros—The Lacandones—Our Mules Come—The Usumacinta—SeaFish—Setting out for the Ruins—Route—Forest Camping—Second Day—Traces of Monuments—A Mule and a Horse Lost—Cortez—Arroyo Yalchilan—Provisions left Behind—Crossing the Cordillera—An Old Montero—Tracesof Lacandones—Yalchilan Pass. Here we take our passage for Campeche on the Asturia, adiminutive, small steamer, having but four Liliputian berths;luckily enough we are the only passengers ; had it been otherwis
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