as bodily needs. The terraced sides show that every
foot of ground was utilized, and the ruins of the palaces that Mr.
Bullock mentions were the fast-disappearing ruins of their communal
buildings. Owing to the cruel raids of the Aztec tribes, this place
may have been deserted before the coming of the Spaniards, and thus no
mention was made of it.

Illustration of Teotihuacan.-------------------

Still further to the north, about thirty miles from Mexico, is found
another extensive field of ruins, which is called Teotihuacan, meaning
"City of the Gods." The principal ruins now standing are the two immense
pyramids (which are represented in this cut), which the natives call
the "House of the Moon" and the "House of the Sun." We will describe
the surroundings first. It is unquestioned but that here was a very
extensive settlement in early times. When the Nahua tribes entered
Mexico they probably found it inhabited. One very recent writer thinks
that "nowhere else in America can you find a more imposing mass of
ruins."<14> He estimates that it was "a city upwards of twenty miles in
circumference."

Other writers have also noticed its great extent. According to Thompson,
"the ruins cover an area very nearly as large as that of the present
City of Mexico, and the streets are as distinctly marked by the ruins of
houses."<15> And in another place Mr. Charney tells us "the city was of
vast extent; and, without indulging in any stereotyped reflections
on the vanity of human greatness, I will say that a more complete
effacement is nowhere else to be seen. The whole ground, over a space
five or six miles in diameter, is covered with heaps of ruins, which at
first view, make no impression, so complete is their dilapidation."<16>

Of this mass of ruins we are told but little, beyond the general
assertion that it consists of the ruins of buildings, temples, etc. But
very recently M. Charney has uncovered the foundation of one of these
houses. He calls it a palace. It was, in all probability, a communal
building. It had two wings inclosing a court, and was located on a
terraced pyramid. He found, on digging into the terrace in front of the
ruins, a great number of sloping walls, covered with cement, containing
small compartments, etc. M. Charney can not account for their presence.

In view of the discoveries further north, we would respectfully suggest
that this was, in reality, the lower story of the building, whose flat
ro