Fig. 8, south wing, from north to south. It is possible that the second row, from S. to N., had two superposed chambers, but I am not positive of it, and therefore do not include it in the computation of rooms which will follow. [Illustration: PLATE V SECTIONS OF BUILDING A.] It will be seen that, according to the ground plan and sections, the east wing had five stories, the north wing two, the west wing successively two, three, and four, and the south wing four. Looking at the buildings from the great court, the south presented an unbroken front of a two-story wall, the east successively walls of four, three, and two stories; the north side formed two, and the west side, from north to south, in succession, two, three, and four terraces. In this manner, not only was the building remarkably well accommodated to the great irregularities of the surface, but even a tolerably uniform height was attained, well agreeing, therefore, with the description of "Cicuyé," as Castañeda saw it in 1540. "The houses have four stories, terraced roofs all of the same height, along which one can make the circuit of the entire village without meeting any street to intercept the passage.[123] Here we must remember that the widest gateway is 4 m.--13 ft.--wide,--an expanse easily spanned by common beams used by the Indians in their house architecture. An attempt to compute the number of rooms in _A_ results as follows:-- Rectangle _f f e e_, 18 longitudinal rows of 6 rooms and 5 stories. 1st story 18 2d story 5 × 18 90 3d story 4 × 18 72 4th story 3 × 18 54 5th story 2 × 18 36 --- 270 rooms. (_d d c c_) 1st story and 2d story on the slope, and 3 rooms per row. 1st story 3 2d story 3 3d story 4 × 3 12 4th story 3 × 3 9 5th story 2 × 3 6 -- 33 " --------- _Carried forward_ 303 rooms. _Brought forward_ 303 rooms. (_b b a B_) 6 rows of 4 rooms, and 3 stories on the slope. 1st, 2d, and 3d story, each 4 12 4th story 3 × 4 12 5th story 2 × 4 8 -- 32 "