. American history:. i Statues and Altars PLAN OF THE RUINS OF COPAN. Chap. II.] AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 77 em bank of a small stream that falls into the Bay of lion- A wall of cut stone, from sixty to ninety feet JTh^ohTsmThio;h, runninor north and south along the margin of the roundtni; thestream,—its top covered with furze and shrubbery,—is yetstanding in a state of good preservation; and other wallsof a similar character surround the principal ruins.■^Within these walls are extensive terraces and pyramidal 2. Characterbuildings, massive stone columns, idols, and altars, cov-
. American history:. i Statues and Altars PLAN OF THE RUINS OF COPAN. Chap. II.] AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 77 em bank of a small stream that falls into the Bay of lion- A wall of cut stone, from sixty to ninety feet JTh^ohTsmThio;h, runninor north and south along the margin of the roundtni; thestream,—its top covered with furze and shrubbery,—is yetstanding in a state of good preservation; and other wallsof a similar character surround the principal ruins.■^Within these walls are extensive terraces and pyramidal 2. Characterbuildings, massive stone columns, idols, and altars, cov- loithmtheered with sculpture; some of which are equal in work-manship to the finest monuments of the Egyptians, and allnow enveloped in a dense and almost impenetrable forest. 2. ^The description given by Mr. Stephens, of the im- 3. Thade-pressions made upon him by the first view of these ruins, gi^n^ so graphic, that we present it here, although in a con- ^^p^^-densed form, yet as nearly as possible in
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