Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-16
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indicate ?eriod or class the same the
Corinthiap or the Ionic column. the Roman
or Greei. border which latter one very
prominent design resembles.
These mosaics are SO perfectly fitted that
no evidence of cement is visible. and almost
entire walls stand today in unframed SYM
metry. eloquently manifesting the advance
ment of vanished people.
One platform of the grand court has been
restored through the activity of Mexico's
great archaeolog:st, Senior Don Leopoldo
Batres. and a clearer idea of it's original
grandeur can thus be obtained. Under
meath the corridor of mosaics. through an
entrance made through the floor of the
grand court directly in front of the stair
way, is q Sepulcher. SO termed by the dis
coverers
Descending over massive end tumbled
rock | followed the Indian guide who I'M
locked an iron grating tmodern) and by
the light of candle crouched and crawled
through another low and narrow aperture
into a corridor made in the shape of
cross solid on all sides and mass of
mosaic designs. Standing at the outer end
of one OF the arms and stamping on the
hard pavement the sound was Enthusiastically
hollow. and the conviction obtains that
other subterranean corridors exist below.
investigation Of this is to be made under
government supervision.
In the north court of this wonderful Sc
quence OF construction is the Hall of Mono
hths- Here are six huge. perfectly round
monoliths erect as a plumb line could be
held. nearly eight feet in circumference and
twelve feet high.
Where We're these stones quarried, with
what tools We're they fashioned. with what
explosive or wedge We're they separated
from the parent ledge: what workmen DOS
sessed the skill to chisel them with such
eXactness; what was their means of trans
portaton: how were these massive blocks
correctly placed and what form did the
superstructure take which they must have
supported?
One stands in the midst of these sur
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glyphics and there are none He yearns for
skulls, for skeletons implements a hand
writing on these mute walls. and only con-
lecture guesses computation. omparison
and deduction answer his desire
Another portion of this city of the splen-
dor OF past age is now the stable yard
for the priests of the adjacent church. built
also from the walls. In some sheltered
spots. all too few and disconnected are
still found evidences of a red paint or hard
enamel. Here in small tracery are still Wis
ible some remains OF hieropIvnhic svmhoIs
Close at hand are two pyramids not Iargs
but evidencing the custom Of hni,dino suob
structures All these works are huiit tr,,a
to the cardinal points. and while bur one
body or portion Of a hodv hoe 49, a
humed. much pottery and many crnda ana
to us grotesoue figures of haLa5 c1au 80
and other materials have been dc 'a '|n
Nearly oil tbesa aw,u1ats Jug up;
anvw6era have tho 100 W sous' Iouna
the head az 70 nfiia nv, asso a. ea;h sac or
Snbinx nr 49, - "'Socia'eo WIN the
No Sculpture Stone.
n, ,t,o ,,.o.
'''e hs ciose ny are other re-
mains OF a prehistoric people. but whether
contemporary with Militia or of another me-
Rod is unknown. Unlike nearly all the an
sn,,in,,ra t ms ~ e.ioi. Mitia mas no
more nearly resemble those os W,,,. h,1t
there is less in common with the Egyptian
here than elsewhere. Palenque presents
Mucn that Is EGYPTIAN While Yucatan
apounos III similarltes.
recurring 10 oaxaca by the same means
ol conveyance ny ~hicn we "ame, we were
READY a1ter day rest Tor the ascent
ana lhvestgation or the ruins OF Monte
AIoan IN ciose proximity to the city.
leaving the hotei at S:lo am We took
s,ae car 70 pan MARTIN some three miles
us.an., where we augnteo at the end of the
t tine. anu ~ crossing tne intervening low land
e san 'Ie asce. U. ABOUT nve miles on
aoo,; W Ia s steep ana abrupt path.
aSa u es.at,at; ny senior batres, and Will
o..a. a.; ~, .la. ne was categoricafly
Thar. ~ MS IescI,ptioh OF tne trail.
can.er ~ ,h,s no %, mountains mountains In the
srn,,n Nnrtn .Han &c saHey, OF which
sionp the shor1dor -, o. 'n i cniei RAISING
tor ond ocross y t an A.elVenlns noun
Of into Sesn .r 1ouai &c causeWay, falling