English: Line engraving depiction of portion of the town of Bolonchen, Yucatan (now Bolonchén de Rejón, Campeche) by Frederick Catherwood, c. 1840

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Title: Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Stephens, John L, 1805-1852
Subjects: Indians of Central America Indians of Mexico Mayas
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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h trees barelyenough to adorn the landscape, and give picturesquebeauty to the ruins. It was cut up by numerouspaths, and covered with grass like a fine piece ofupland at home, and for the first and only time inthe country we found pleasure in a mere rambleover fields. Bernaldo came out from the villagewith a loaded Indian at the precise moment whenwe wanted dinner, and altogether it was one of themost agreeable and satisfactory days that we passedamong the relics of the antiguos. The next day, being the eighth of January, we setout for the ruins of Kabah. Our direction wassouth, on the camino real to Bolonchen. The de-scent from the great rocky table on which the con-vent stands was on this side rough, broken, and pre-cipitous. We passed through a long street havingon each side thatched huts, occupied exclusively byIndians. Some had a picturesque appearance, andthe engraving which follows represents one of them.At the end of the street, as well as at the ends of JOURNEY TO KABAH. 369
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the three other principal streets, which run towardthe cardinal points, were a small chapel and altar,at which the inhabitants of the village might offerup prayers on leaving it, and thanks for their safereturn. Beyond, the road was stony, bordered onboth sides by scrubby trees and bushes; but as weadvanced we passed through an open country, adorn-ed with large forest trees. At the distance of twoleagues we turned off by a milpa path on the leftand very soon found ourselves among trees, bushes,and a thick, overgrown foliage, which, after the fineopen field of Nohpat, we regarded as among the vi-cissitudes of our fortunes. Beyond we saw throughan opening a lofty mound, overgrown, and havingupon it the ruins of a building like the House of theDwarf, towering above every other object, and pro-Vol. I.—A a a 370 INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. claiming the site of another lost and deserted cityMoving on, again, through openings in the trees, wehad a glimpse of a great stone edifice, with its fronta

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