. American history:. ted to the valuable works of Mr. Stephens. The illustrative engravings are likewisetaken, by permission, from the same works, to which the reader is referred for the fullest de-ecription which has yet been published of the Ruins in this portion of America. See Stephens^Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan,2 vols. 1841; and Stephens Incidents of TrayelMt Yucatan, 2 vols. 1843. Chap. H.] AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 79 high, three hundred and ten feet in length, and two hun- and sixty in width. This elevation was formerly ^^^^^ ^^faced with stone, which has been thro
. American history:. ted to the valuable works of Mr. Stephens. The illustrative engravings are likewisetaken, by permission, from the same works, to which the reader is referred for the fullest de-ecription which has yet been published of the Ruins in this portion of America. See Stephens^Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan,2 vols. 1841; and Stephens Incidents of TrayelMt Yucatan, 2 vols. 1843. Chap. H.] AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES. 79 high, three hundred and ten feet in length, and two hun- and sixty in width. This elevation was formerly ^^^^^ ^^faced with stone, which has been thrown down by the principal ofgrowth of trees, and its form is now hardly distinguisna- The building itself, which is called by the natives ^ The Palace, is about twenty-five feet high, and meas- -Thepairures two hundred and twenty-eight feet front, by one hun- **dred and eighty feet deep. The front originally containedfourteen doorways, with intervening piers, of which allbut six are now in Pun op Palbnque, No. 1, called the Palace. The dark parts represent the walls thatare still standing. The other walls are in ruins. 3. The walls are of stone, laid with mortar and sand,and the whole is covered by a fine plaster, or stucco,nearly as hard as stone, and painted. The piers arecovered with human figures, hieroglyphics, and orna-ments. *The building has two parallel corridors, or gal-leries, running lengthwise on all four of its sides, thefloors of which are covered with an exceedingly hardcement, and the walls ornamented. ^In the eastern partof the building, a range of stone steps, thirty feet long,leads from the inner corridor to a rectangular court yard,eighty feet long by seventy broad, now encumbered bytrees, and strewed with ruins. 4. On each side of the steps are the forms of gigantichuman figures, nine or ten feet high, carved on stone, withrich head-dresses and necklaces; and on the farther side 2. IValls ofthe building. 3. Piers. 4. Corridors.
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