The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . ??*C^S Mmm^-ni Mir ^=^^j <,M-^^^ ^^^ W, . ^l^-^Z.^^ C:^... 4^.. ;, J--- EL SALTO AiiLA (IOUNTAIN). CHAPTER THE INDIANS. El Salto del Agua—Netzahualcoyotl—Noche triste—Historical Jottings—Chapul-tepec — Indians — Chinampas — Legends — Anecdote — Mexican Museum—Tizocs Stone, or Gladiators Stone—Yoke and Sacrificial Stone—Holy War-Religious Cannibalism—American Copper. El Salto del Agua is the only monumental fountain in Mexico ;it stands in the centre of a low suburb
The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . ??*C^S Mmm^-ni Mir ^=^^j <,M-^^^ ^^^ W, . ^l^-^Z.^^ C:^... 4^.. ;, J--- EL SALTO AiiLA (IOUNTAIN). CHAPTER THE INDIANS. El Salto del Agua—Netzahualcoyotl—Noche triste—Historical Jottings—Chapul-tepec — Indians — Chinampas — Legends — Anecdote — Mexican Museum—Tizocs Stone, or Gladiators Stone—Yoke and Sacrificial Stone—Holy War-Religious Cannibalism—American Copper. El Salto del Agua is the only monumental fountain in Mexico ;it stands in the centre of a low suburb removed from the chietthoroughfares, and terminates the aqueduct which brings fromChapultepec (grasshoppers hill) an abundant supply of waterto Mexico. El Salto del Agua is an oblong building, with avery mediocre fa9ade ; a wide spread-eagle in the centre supportsthe escutcheon bearing the arms of the city. On each sidetwisted columns with Corinthian capitals bear two symbolicalfigures, representing Europe and America, besides eight half-broken vases. 2,6 The Ancient Cities of the New World. According to historians ol the conquest, El Salto del Agua,and the Aqueduct which it terminates, replaced the anc
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