ppearance of the rooms on the inside. We would do well to
compare this cut with that of the room in Pueblo Bonito (Chapter XI).
The arched roof is not a true arch but simply the triangular arch we
have already spoken of.

Illustration of Facade, Southern Building.-----

The principal attraction about these buildings is the beautiful facades
which overlook the court-yard. They are pronounced by all to be the
finest examples of native American art. With one exception, they are
neither complicated nor grotesque, but chaste and artistic. As in the
Governor's House, the part below the cornice is plain, but the remaining
part, both front and rear, is covered with sculpture. On entering the
court-yard from the arched gateway of the southern building, we notice
that its facade is composed of diamond lattice-work and vertical
columns, while over each doorway is something that resembles a house,
with a human figure seated in a doorway. This cut represents but a small
portion of this facade, but it gives us an idea of the whole.

Illustration of Facade, Eastern Building.---------

The facade of the eastern building was in the best state of preservation
of any. We give a section of this also. The ornaments over the doorway,
shown in the cut, consist of three of those mysterious masks, with the
projecting curved stone, already described. "The ornaments over the
other doorways are less striking, more simple, and more pleasing. In all
of them there is, in the center, a masked face, with the tongue hanging
out, surmounted by an elaborate head-dress. Between the horizontal bars
is a range of diamond-shaped ornaments, in which the remains of red
paint are still distinctly visible, and at each end of these bars is a
serpent's head, with the mouth wide open." It is necessary to examine
the drawing attentively, to distinguish these features. Some think the
masked face represents the sun.

Illustration of Serpent Facade, Western Building.--------

The western facade is known as the Serpent Facade. It was very much in
ruins at the time of Mr. Stephens's visit. When entire, it must have
been of great beauty. Two serpents are trailed along the whole front,
and by the interlacing of their bodies divide the surface into square
panels. In the open mouth of these serpents is sculptured a human head.
The panels are filled with ornaments similar in design to those of the
"Governor's House," and among the ornaments of each panel are f