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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL
IN
YUCATAN.
BY JOHN L. STEPHENS,
AUTHOR OF "INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN EGYPT, ARABIA PETRÆA, ANDTHE
HOLY LAND," "INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN CENTRAL AMERICA," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY 120 ENGRAVINGS.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS
FOR HENRY BILL.
1848.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
CHAPTER I.
Departure from Nohcacab.—Outfit.—Rancho of Chack.—Fright oftheWomen.—Rancho of Schawill—Casa Real.—Scarcity of Water.—Visitfrom the Alcalde.—Primitive Mode of obtaining Water.—A peculiarPeople.—Ruins of Zayi.—Great tree-covered Mound.—The CasaGrande.—Fortunate Discovery.—Staircase.—Doorways, &c.—Buildings onthe second Terrace.—Doorways.—Curiously ornamented Columns.—Buildingon the third Terrace.—Doorways, Apartments, &c.—StoneLintels.—Façade of the second Range of Buildings.—Ground Plan of thethree Ranges.—The Casa Cerrada.—Doorways filled up inside with Stoneand Mortar.—Finished Apartments, also filled up.—This filling upsimultaneous with the Erection of the Building.—A Mound.—RuinedBuilding.—Its Interior.—Sculptured Head, &c.—A strangeStructure.—An Archway.—Perpendicular Wall.—Stuccoed Figures andOrnaments.—Great Terrace and Building.—Apartments, &c.—Want ofInterest manifested by the Indians in regard to these Ruins.
CHAPTER II.
Visit to a ruined Building near Chack.—A Field ofTáje.—Descriptionof the Building.—Hornet's Nest.—Young Vulture.—Picturesque View fromthe Terrace.—Well of Chack.—Exploration of its Passages.—Return tothe Rancho.—Departure from Schawill—The Camino Real.—Rancho ofSennacté.—Wild Appearance of the Indians.—Continued Scarcity ofWater.—Another ruined City.—Two ruined Buildings.—Apartments,Columns, &c.—High Wall.—Journey continued.—Rancho ofSabachshé.—Casa Real.—Well—Hut of the Alcalde.—The Señora.—Ruinsof Sabachshé.—Picturesque Edifice.—Alacrity of theIndians.—Façade.—Pilasters, Cornices, &c.—Encounter with anIguana.—Another Ruined Building.—The Agave Americana.—MoreRuins.—The Red Hand.—The Red Hand used as a Symbol by the NorthAmerican Indians.—Conclusions to be deduced from thisCircumstance.—Delicate Manner of doing a Service.
CHAPTER III.
Ruins of Labnà.—Accounts of the Indians not to be reliedon.—Irretrievable Ruin.—ExtraordinaryStructure.—Doorw