the wall, is another monument or idol of the same size, and in many respects similar. The character of this image as it stands at the foot of the pyramidal structure, with masses of fallen stone [ruins] resting against its base, is grand, and it would be difficult to exceed the _richness of the ornament and sharpness of the sculpture_. This, too, was _painted_, and the _red_is still distinctly visible. The whole quadrangle is overgrown with trees, and interspersed with _fragments_ of _fine sculpture_, particularly on the _East side_ [_i. e._ to the Rising Sun.] At the North-east corner is a narrow passage, which was probably a third gateway. On the right is a confused range of terraces running off into the forest. Turning Northward, the range to the left-hand continues _a high massive pyramidal structure_, with trees growing out of it to the very top. At a short distance is _a detached pyramid about fifty feet_ SQUARE, and thirty feet high. The range of structures turns at right angles to the left, and runs to the river, joining the other extremity of the wall, at which we began our survey. The bank was elevated about thirty feet above the river, _and had been protected by a wall of stone_, most of which had fallen down." The city-wall on the river-side, with its raised bank, and making allowances for what had fallen from the top of the great wall, must then have ranged from _one hundred and thirty, to one hundred and fifty feet in height_! "_There was no entire pyramid_, but at most two or three pyramidal sides, and _then joined_ on to terraces or other structures of the same kind." The first line of this last quotation is distinctly contradicted a few lines before it--for he says, "At a short distance is a _detached_ pyramid about fifty feet _square_." Therefore this is an "entire pyramid." That of Cholula stands "solitary and alone" in a large plain, and there, at least, is an "entire pyramid," so far as its base and sides are considered. "Beyond the wall of enclosure were walls, terraces, and pyramidal elevations running off into the forest, which sometimes confused us. Probably the whole was not erected at the same time, but additions were made, and statues erected by different kings, or perhaps in commemoration of important events in the history of the city. Along the whole line were ranges of _steps_ with _pyramidal_ elevations, probably crowned on the top with buildings or altars, now in ruins. _All these steps and the pyramidal sides were painted_ [red], and the reader may imagine the effect when the whole country was clear of forest, and priests and people were ascending from the outside of the terraces, and thence to the holy places within to pay their adoration in the Temple.