Les anciennes villes du Nouveau Monde : Voyages et explorations au Mexique et en Amérique centrale à partir de 1857-1882 . h des sacrifices humains. Nous allons ajouter quelques citations showinghow grande était l'analogie entre les lieux et le toTlaloc Tenenepanco consacrée du cimetière. * Juarros, Hist, de Guatemala, tome 11, 1809. p. 249. Naiiualac Tenenepanco et cimetières. 177 Torquemada l'appelle le Dieu du paradis et de grands plaisirs  ; que sa statue sur la plus haute montagne d'Texcuco representeda homme assis sur une dalle carrée, ayant à l'arrière un énorme, stonejar dans lequel ?////, le maïs, les haricots, et d'autres vege

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The ancient cities of the New World : being travels and explorations in Mexico and Central America from 1857-1882 . h human sacrifices. We will add a few quotations showinghow great was the analogy between the places consecrated toTlaloc and the Tenenepanco cemetery. * Juarros, Hist, de Guatemala, tome 11. p. 249, 1809. Tenenepanco and Naiiualac Cemeteries. 177 Torquemada calls him the god of paradise and great delights ;that his statue on the highest mountain of Texcuco representeda man seated on a square slab, having at the back a huge stonejar, into which ?////, maize, beans, and other vegetables wereplaced by the devotees, and that this offering was renewed everyyear. Ixdilxochitl mentions, inter alia, that five or six youngchildren were yearly sacrificed to this deity, their hearts torn out, and their bodies buried; and we read in Leather Duran thatMontezuma and the allied princes repaired on the hill on whicha child seven or eight years old was sacrificed. This festival wascelebrated in the month of April, when the maizewas above theground. The nextquotation fromTorquemada Is byfar the most in-. VASES OF BURIAL-GROUND UNEARTHED AT NAHUAI.AC. teresting, for It mentions Popocatepetl and the surrounding hillswhere we are carrying on our explorations: Indians entertained a great respect for this mountain, whoseclimate was mild, and the abundance of whose waters made theland around unusually fertile, and here children and slaves wereslain In honour of Tlaloc. To the south Is another mighty hill, Teoculnani, the Divine Singer, so called by the natives becausewhenever the clouds shroud its summit the volcano bursts forthin flashes of lightning and claps of thunder, spreading terroramong the whole population, who hasten to the hill to offer men, incense, paper-crowns, feathers, plates, iirns, goblets, cups, toys, and vases (exactly what we have found). Close by was awell-constructed house, Ayaiichcalli, house of rest, in whichstood an idol of green stone, chalchilntitl, ab

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