[CHAPTER XV.]
Attacks from Fever and Ague.—Final Departure from Uxmal.—Newyear's Day.—Fate of Chaipa Chi.—Painful Journey.—Chetulish.—Arrival at Nohcacab.—Concourse of Indians.—A Casa Real.—Plaza.—Improvements.—The Church.—A Noria, or Well.—Municipal Elections.—The Democratic Principle.—Installation of Alcaldes.—Illness of the Cura of Ticul.—Set out for Ticul—Intoxicated Carriers.—Accident.—Arrival at Ticul.—A wandering Physician.—Changed Appearance of the Cura.—Return to Nohcacab.—Take up Quarters in the Convent.—Ancient Town of Nohcacab.—Ruined Mounds.—Ruins of Xcoch.—A Mysterious Well.—Fine Grove.—Circular Cavity.—Mouth of the Well.—Exploration of its Passages.—Uses of the Well.—Return to the Village.—Fatal Accident.—A House of Mourning.—Ceremony of El Velorio.
[CHAPTER XVI.]
Ruins of Nohpat.—A lofty Mound.—Grand View.—Sculptured Human Figure.—Terraces.—Huge sculptured Figure.—Other Figures.—Skull and Cross-bones.—Situation of Ruins.—Journey to Kabah.—Thatched Huts.—Arrival at the Ruins.—Return to the Village.—Astonishment of the Indians.—Valuable Servant—Festival of Corpus Alma.—A plurality of Saints.—How to put a Saint under Patronage.—A Procession.—Fireworks.—A Ball.—-Excess of Female Population.—A Dance.
[CHAPTER XVII.]
Ruins of Kabah.—General Description.—Plan of the Ruins.—Great Teocalis.—Ruined Apartments.—Grand View.—Terrace and Building.—Ranges of Buildings.—Hieroglyphics.—A rich Façade.—Wooden Lintels.—Singular Structures.—Apartments, &c.—Rankness of Tropical Vegetation.—Edifice called the Cocina.—Majestic pile of Buildings.—Apartments, &c.—A solitary Arch.—A Succession of ruined Buildings.—Apartments, &c.—Prints of the Red Hand.—Sculptured Lintel.—Instruments used by the Aboriginals for Carving Wood.—Ruined Structure.—Ornament in Stucco.—Great ruined Building.—Curious Chamber, &c.—Sculptured Jambs.—Another Witness for these ruined Cities.—Last Visit to Kabah.—Its recent Discovery.—A great Charnel House.—Funeral Procession.—A Ball by Daylight.—The Procession of the Candles.—Closing Scene.
ENGRAVINGS. VOL. I.
1. [Frontispiece.]
2. [A ruined Mound.]
3. [Sculptured Figures.]
4. [Circular Edifice.]
5. [Hacienda of Xcanchakan.]
6. [Gateway at Mucuyché.]
7. [A Senote.]
8. [Plan of Uxmal.]
9. [Ornament over a Doorway.]
10. [Ornament called the Elephant's Trunk.]
11. [Elephant's Trunk in Profile.]
12. [Southern End of Casa del Gobernador.]
13. [Ground Plan of Casa del Gobernador.]
14. [Double-headed Lynx.]
15. [House of the Turtles.]
16. [Aguada at Uxmal.]
17. [Ticul Vase.]
18. [Seybo Tree.]
19. [Plan of the Monjas.]
20. [Part of the Façade of the Monjas.]
21. [Entwined Serpents over a Doorway.]
22. [View from the Nuns.]
23. [East Side of the Courtyard of the Monjas.]
24. [Southeast Corner of the Monjas.]
25. [Interior of an Apartment.]
26. [House of the Birds.]
27. [West Front of the House of the Dwarf.]
28. [East Front of the House of the Dwarf.]
29. [Front of the Casa de Palamos.]
30. [A Noria, or Well.]
31. [Mound at Xcoch.]
32. [Mound at Nohpat.]
33. [Colossal Stone Figure.]
34. [Sculptured Stone Figure.]
35. [Skull and Crossbones.]
36. [Street in the Village of Nohcacab.]
37. [Plan of Kabah.]
38. [Building (Casa No. 1).]
39. [Portion of a richly-sculptured Façade.]
40. [Interior of an Apartment.]
41. [Rankness of Tropical Vegetation.]
42. [Building (Casa No. 2).]
43. [Building (Casa No. 3).]
44. [Triumphal Arch.]
45. [Carved Wooden Beam.]
46. [Stucco Ornament.]
47. [Sculptured Stone Jamb.]
48. [Sculptured Stone Jamb.]
49. [Charnel House and Convent.]
50. [Skull.]
51. [Triangular Arch.]
52. [Gothic Arch.]
53. [Cyclopean Arch.]
54. [Arch used by the ancient American Builders.]