Roy and Ray in Mexico . ve carried a banner,and probably represents a standard-bearer or atorch-bearer. The street where it was found in1828 is called the Street of the Sad Indian. Oneof the temples had Indians with candlesticks ofstone on its walls, and this may be one of them. The image of Chac-mol, the God of Fire, inter-ested the children also, as it lay on its back, hold-ing in both hands a disk representing the looks terribly uncomfortable, said Ray,with nothing to lean against. I think his elbowsmust be pretty sore, by this time. Constant leaning doesnt seem to wear awaya stone l
Roy and Ray in Mexico . ve carried a banner,and probably represents a standard-bearer or atorch-bearer. The street where it was found in1828 is called the Street of the Sad Indian. Oneof the temples had Indians with candlesticks ofstone on its walls, and this may be one of them. The image of Chac-mol, the God of Fire, inter-ested the children also, as it lay on its back, hold-ing in both hands a disk representing the looks terribly uncomfortable, said Ray,with nothing to lean against. I think his elbowsmust be pretty sore, by this time. Constant leaning doesnt seem to wear awaya stone like constant dropping, said , but he certainly does look uncomfort-able. The children were anxious to see images ofthe God of the Air, Quetzalcoatl, and were greatlydisturbed to find them so hideous. I dont seewhy they wanted such an ugly god as that to comeback and rule over them, said Ray. Ideas of beauty differ in different times andcountries and perhaps they thought these werebeautiful, said Mrs. T HE Sad Indiax THE MUSEUM 151 More likely, said Mr. Stevens, they wantedto represent the power and fearsomeness of thegod, so that the people would be afraid to disobeywhat the priests said were his wishes, and wouldbring gifts and sacrifices to keep him in goodhumour. Many of the images made the children laugh,and they quite enjoyed the morning, not finding itat all tiresome as they expected; however, whentheir father proposed going into the rooms wheremore modern relics were to be seen, they werequite ready. Mrs. Stevens did not care to climbto the second floor that morning, and so the partymoved on to the rooms in which souvenirs ofMaximilian were kept. Here they found two of his carriages, one ofthem the state coach, splendid with gilding andcarving and colour, and his silver dinner service,and on the walls pictures of the costumes worn byofficers of the Imperial household during his shortreign. I dont feel as if I had Maximilianstraight, said Roy, just wh
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