. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 3i''20- 9l°iO' West of ( 12 Miles. its name to one oi the departments of the republic, lies at an elevation of 7,000 feet on a terrace terminating towards Lake Atitlan in a rocky peak which rises to a height of nearly 2,000 feet. Two deep ravines on the right and left sides give to the terrace the aspect of a superb promontory, entirely detached from the rest of the plateau except on the north side. Beyond the last houses of Solola is seen the rampart of walls and huge blocks piled up and cemented with an argillaceous mortar without apparent tenaci
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 3i''20- 9l°iO' West of ( 12 Miles. its name to one oi the departments of the republic, lies at an elevation of 7,000 feet on a terrace terminating towards Lake Atitlan in a rocky peak which rises to a height of nearly 2,000 feet. Two deep ravines on the right and left sides give to the terrace the aspect of a superb promontory, entirely detached from the rest of the plateau except on the north side. Beyond the last houses of Solola is seen the rampart of walls and huge blocks piled up and cemented with an argillaceous mortar without apparent tenacity. Thus the vast ruin seems as if about to fall with a crash into the blue lake, which is enclosed on the north by steep cliffs, on the south by gently-sloping green banks, rising in a succession of graceful curves towards the Atitlan vole nio. A path cut at sharp angles in the tufas and rocks of the escarpment leads from Solola to the margin of the lake, and to the village of Fanajaehel, whose name is sometimes extended to the basin
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