Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . esent know-ledge they safely can be, to their original condition. I know how liable such restorationis to serious error, and feel the responsibility involved in undertaking it. But carefulcomparison of one inscription with another has convinced me that many of the worn 12 4 INTEODUCTION. glyphs can be restored with absolute certainty, and in no case will the restoration ofa glyph be attempted (except as a marginal note) where there is not a fair indicationof its original form.
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . esent know-ledge they safely can be, to their original condition. I know how liable such restorationis to serious error, and feel the responsibility involved in undertaking it. But carefulcomparison of one inscription with another has convinced me that many of the worn 12 4 INTEODUCTION. glyphs can be restored with absolute certainty, and in no case will the restoration ofa glyph be attempted (except as a marginal note) where there is not a fair indicationof its original form. I have, however, the satisfaction of knowing that any studentseeking the interpretation of the inscriptions can correct the errors of the drawingsby reference to the photographs which will invariably accompany them, or by a visitto the Museums where the casts are exhibited. The publication will be continuedin parts, as the work of casting and drawing progresses ; it will therefore of necessitybe fragmentary, and it may possibly be interrupted for a time, should I undertakefurther explorations in Central CHTJECH AT COP AN. 5 COPAN. Principal Notices and Descriptions of the Ruins. Copan has been already described in the following books and letters:— A letter from the Licenciado Diego Garcia de Palacio to Philip II. of Spain, datedGuatemala, 8th March, 1576. Published in Spanish with an English Translation by Squier in Collection of Rareand Original Documents and Relations concerning the Discovery and Conquest ofAmerica, chiefly from the Spanish Archives. New York, 1850. A copy of thisportion of the letter is also to be seen amongst the Muhos collection of Spanish the British Museum (17,571). Historia de Guatemala; Recordacion Florida, escrita el siglo xvii. MS. ByFrancisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzman *. Letter dated Copan, 19th June, 1834, from Colonel Juan Galindo, to the editor ofthe Literary Gazette of London, printed in Literary Gazette for
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