. Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan . ade is on the left of the visiter enteringthe courtyard. It is one hundred and seventy-threefeet long, and is distinguished by two colossal ser-pents entwined, running through and encompassingnearly all the ornaments throughout its whole two plates which follow represent the onlyparts remaining. The first exhibits that portion of the facade to-ward the north end of the building. The tail ofone serpent is held up nearly over the head of theother, and has an ornament upon it like a turban,with a plume of feathers. The ma
. Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan . ade is on the left of the visiter enteringthe courtyard. It is one hundred and seventy-threefeet long, and is distinguished by two colossal ser-pents entwined, running through and encompassingnearly all the ornaments throughout its whole two plates which follow represent the onlyparts remaining. The first exhibits that portion of the facade to-ward the north end of the building. The tail ofone serpent is held up nearly over the head of theother, and has an ornament upon it like a turban,with a plume of feathers. The marks on the ex-tremity of the tail are probably intended to indicate arattlesnake, with which species of serpent the coun-try abounds. The lower serpent has its monstrousjaws wide open, and within them is a human head,the face of which is distinctly visible on the stone,and appears faintly in the drawing. From the ruinto which all was hurrying, Don Simon cared onlyto preserve this serpents head. He said that wemight tear and out carry away every other ornament,.
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