. Guide leaflet. A rijoDic i: .Mahkkt. The Xkat Ai{|{a.\(;kmkm OF Wai{ks May Be Seex i.\ any .Mahket Today not only were some three hundred ,i:^uestsserved at eaeh meal but also a thousandattendants and guards. In contrast totlie profusion within, outside the kitchendoor squatted patiently a meager grouj)of countrymen from whose carrying bagsswayed the mottled heads of trussedturkeys to be offered to the larder. Other apartments in Montezumas pal-ace contained the tribal treasure composedof the triljute wrung from many , jade, rich feather mantles, basketsof produce were he
. Guide leaflet. A rijoDic i: .Mahkkt. The Xkat Ai{|{a.\(;kmkm OF Wai{ks May Be Seex i.\ any .Mahket Today not only were some three hundred ,i:^uestsserved at eaeh meal but also a thousandattendants and guards. In contrast totlie profusion within, outside the kitchendoor squatted patiently a meager grouj)of countrymen from whose carrying bagsswayed the mottled heads of trussedturkeys to be offered to the larder. Other apartments in Montezumas pal-ace contained the tribal treasure composedof the triljute wrung from many , jade, rich feather mantles, basketsof produce were heaped in were listing the goods to see thateach subject town liad contributed its. |ii«ii;i. or calculating the share that-lionld be turned over to the variousclan stewards. Another patio presenteda more animated scene. Here acrobatswere ])ractising their feats and poor,warped dwarfs were composing grossercontortions to win a chiefly smile. Inanother set of buildings was housed thezoo. wlierc serpents undulated sluggishly,and where from behind wooden barsl)eered the greedy, yellow eyes of jaguarsand ocelots. In a side room, a human
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