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_Mound._ _Rancho. |
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_Milpa._ |
_Arch._ |
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<-- _Camino Real from NOhcacab to Bolonchen._ --> |
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N.W.<--|----- |
_Ruined Casa._ |
_Casa._ _Woods._ |
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_Grand Terraces._ |
_Casa from which the _Casa._ |
Sculpture Beams |
were taken._ |
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_Three Buildings |
in ruins._ |
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<--------_Rocky Ledge about 60 feet high._ -----> |
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[Engraving 37: Plan of Kabah]

The engraving opposite represents the plan of the buildings of this
city. It is not made from actual measurements, for this would have
required clearings which, from the difficulty of procuring Indians, it
would have been impossible to make; but the bearings were taken with
the compass from the top of the great teocalis, and the distances are
laid down according to our best judgment with the eye.

[Engraving 38: Building (Casa No. 1)]

On this plan the reader will see a road marked "Camino Real to
Bolonchen," and on the left a path marked "Path to Milpa." Following
this path toward the field of ru