Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . a few steps lead up to the broken masonry at the top of the line of tumbled stones [No. 19] I examined with great care, and was successful inmaking out that it was the remains of a row of houses which had extended nearly thewhole length of the terrace, the greater part of which had fallen away into the riverbelow. At the north end of this row of houses there stands, facing the Eastern Court,another raised foundation [No. 20] which supported the most curious bui
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . a few steps lead up to the broken masonry at the top of the line of tumbled stones [No. 19] I examined with great care, and was successful inmaking out that it was the remains of a row of houses which had extended nearly thewhole length of the terrace, the greater part of which had fallen away into the riverbelow. At the north end of this row of houses there stands, facing the Eastern Court,another raised foundation [No. 20] which supported the most curious building theexcavations brought to light—no doubt the same building which Palacio describes as atower. Such a mass of stone had fallen down into the court below that the stone slopeand steps leading up to the building were completely hidden. On the side towards theriver traces of a wall were found almost overhanging the cliff, which here measures107 feet in height from the level of the river. It is necessary to turn to the detailPlan and Section to form an idea of this curious building. Plan and Section op No. The central doorway is approached from the Eastern Court by a flight of steps; oneach side of the doorway a platform or terrace 9 feet wide runs in front of the building ;7 or 8 feet inside the doorway another flight of steps commences and runs through to theback wall of the building, rising about 14 feet. At the distance of 4 feet 9 inches fromthe back wall other steps turn to the north, and lead up to a narrow landing which gives COPAN. 27 access to what seems to have been an upper chamber (A.); only a small portion of thesurface of the wall and the cement of the floor of this chamber can now be stairways were covered by parallel laid stone vaults—the spring of the vault is seenin the Section and Plate XT., a. The most curious feature of this building is theexistence of chambers which have been purposely blocked up before the ruin are sh
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