Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán . 5SH JM ? ? . ? A BURIED IMAGE. 151 A little behind this is the monument marked T. Itis one of the most beautiful in Copan, and in work-manship is equal to the finest Egyptian , it would be impossible, with the best instru-ments of modern times, to cut stones more stands at the foot of a wall of steps, with only thehead and part of the breast rising above the rest is buried, and probably as perfect as the por-tion which is now visible. When we first discoveredit, it was buried up to the eyes.
Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatán . 5SH JM ? ? . ? A BURIED IMAGE. 151 A little behind this is the monument marked T. Itis one of the most beautiful in Copan, and in work-manship is equal to the finest Egyptian , it would be impossible, with the best instru-ments of modern times, to cut stones more stands at the foot of a wall of steps, with only thehead and part of the breast rising above the rest is buried, and probably as perfect as the por-tion which is now visible. When we first discoveredit, it was buried up to the eyes. Arrested by the beau-ty of the sculpture, and by its solemn and mournfulposition, we commenced excavating. As the groundwas level up to that mark, the excavation was madeby loosening the earth with the machete, and scoop-ing it out with the hands. As we proceeded, the earthformed a wall around and increased the labour. TheIndians struck so carelessly with their machetes, that,afraid to let them work near the stone, we cleared itwith our own hands. It wa
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