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of an immense size, gradually lessening, the
work approached the summit or platform.
On the East and North sides are flights OF small
stone steps, thirty feet wide at the base and nar-
rowing as they ascend. Those of the South and
West are carried up by grada,ions resembling
steps, each about four feet in hight, but are more
dlaptntcd than those upon witici, tie steps arc
constructed.
The bases were piled up with ruins, and over
grown with rank grass and vires and it was only
after great labor that | was enabled 10 reach the
side facing the East. Here found two square
stones OF an enormous size, partly buried in the
ruins, which | cleared away They were plainly
carved, representing some monster with wide eN-
tended jaws with rows OF teeth and . pro;ludinc
tongue. These stones, from their position. were
evidently the finish TO the base of The steps.
q On this side | assembled the fallen and broken
steps, through bushes and trees, with winch they
we're partly covered to the surniaii, oac hmr6r.!
feet. Here found "a terrace or platform in tie
centre Of which is square binding. enc !aldresi
and seventy feet a, lis base, ard twenty feet high.
The Eastern side Of this supplementary structure
contains a room twelve by eishaen feet, having
two square pillars eight feet high supporting al
angular roof upon strong beaus Of zuporte wood
the stone and wood being both carved The sldes
u anu tlSiI iHt0c, G!S OF tl!- sd.lc
material, and ornamented in The same style FroE;-
ing this room s corridor supported by iwo round
pillars. three feet in diameter, and four in hight.
standing upon stone base OF two feet; both vi
which are surmountcd with larg. capitals, hevn
broken in such manner that no architectural
design cal, now be traced. The sides of these pix
lars were wrought with figures and lines, which
are now quite obliterated. The door-side5 OF these
built Of large square stones, similar 10
hose of the Temple, with lie difference OF having
holes drilled through the inter angles, which were
worn smooth. end apparently enlarged by use. The
other sides contain rooms and halls in ,olerabe pre-
servato1, having The same form Of roofs supported
by zuporte wood. These rooms and balls are pas-
tered with superior finish, and shadoey painted
figures are still perceptibie. The exterior % the
building had been built of fine Iewn and uniform
blocks OF stone. with eDtablaturss Of superior
order and projecting corlces could find no
access to the top but BY The pillars, and BY cutting
steps in the steue and mortar OF The broken eGge
# the facade, by which. and the aid Of bushes, |!
reached the summit. iouad it perfectly level,
md one of its corners broken aud tuuIbng down.
The whole was covered with deep soil, in which
rees and grass were growing in proiuson from
this hight enjoyed a magnificent coup G'@ii Of
all the ruins, and the vast plain around them. /
planted Il staff upon the summit, with a t!as al
achcd, to float upon the breeze, and after much
reflection and speculation, with which do not iD-
tend to trouble my readers made my way down
again, as surveyors say, to the place of begin
ming at much more rapid rate than assembled
"Unlike most similar structures in Egypt, whose
primeva race had lun antiquity had begun,
this pyramid does not cua3na,c at the top, as
nave already observed Pocockc has described
oae, however, at Sah-llara, similar to this, wlch
IS the only one of which have ever heard. The
solidi,y of the structure of the pyramid al Chi-
Chen, the harmony and grandeur of It's architec-
ture, must impress every with an exalted idea
Of the mechanical skill, and the numbers of those
by whom it was originally constructed, and like
it's elder O. brethren in Egypt, SO long it
stands, it must remain monumental protest OF
an oppressed people against the ll-dtfecrcd am
bition and tyranny of those rulers at whose COM
nand it was built.
The book is published in the most elegant style
and is illustrated by great number Of NEST beau
liful cngravings, from original drawings by the
author Few American books can boast Of "a
more elegant dress than this. 1t contains an Ap-
pendix, giving brief vocabulary of the Maya
lang unge and much valuablc matter concerning the
antiquity of the ruins which the author visited.
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