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Show k floMtriiFii itnic. CitAitLis J U mn.i-, a wealthy miner who has been operating in Mexico, makes the following statement state-ment to a representative of the San r- rauclsco L11U " ou have asked rae to give an account ac-count of the Interesting mountain my friend Jesse D Grant and myelf saw during our trip th-oagh Mexico en route to this citv Well, that moun tain is a once one of the most g'gantic exhibitions of can handiwork an 1 something almost beyond credence wero we not already familiar with tho works of the Aztecs. Just imagine a valtev forty by thirty u lies 111 aren and from its cen ter rising a mound oerl,2tO fee in height Then yon can realize the first effect created upon our minds u hen we came before the hill I am to describe de-scribe My foreman was with us and ha I pirtly prepared us forthesur pri-, but wo lu I treaed his itory with incredulous remarks and ha 1 bv no means supected 1 o ha I but given a modest decri tion t f tl e mound W o gazed at the top nn I allowed otirejes to lt.II-w the win Iiugs of -1 read down 10 the base Ui wont aruun 1 the base an 1 conjectured it was about 0110 and a half miles in circumference Then we started for the summit. The roa Iway was I ullt of solni rck clear to tho innaelo an 1 wa fn m thirty is furl v fet in in lib A wall f so id nick formed a foun Ia tion and an inside wall at the same time The outer edge of the roa I wis unguarded The-o s.oues weish all the w aj up to a ton each an 1 are not cemented The roadivar isasloielas a floor and is covered with broken 1 ieces r f eartbemi are wa er v esels. Half wav up tlie mountain is an altar 111 Insohlroek in the uieho s a ooul ler till! must weigh at least six ton The bulder is of different stone from thai u ed 111 tho walls. Thnrocks In the walls are dressed by skilled w irkmen, 1 uiarenotpihsheil o saw no inscription' in fact we ha 1 no time to spa-em making a searrh in uii-sJg.itioti We ill I look for arruwueails or other warlike imple- mviiU to 'atisfi oarselves that the mound had no. lieu used for defeu sivo or t rfensive urposes. Nor wns tl erp an ev 1 leuce t rove that tho ma Iiv.1v Iia I been bui t for the ur-Io ur-Io if wimecsin. bull f ghts au l c tb6r sKrts in the vail I eo ltd rl eonclu lo th i Az.ec sun worshij)-Irscxpen worshij)-Irscxpen led vears i f labor on tho hill in order that th v might have an nppropria o pLice 1 1 i-elel n o their impo Ing fcs.lv.ili inasmuch as tho roadwa was strenni with broken I carthenwar and Ihn.e scions of n by gone an I notabio race were known to mrr$ at sunrise Ivrgo quantities if water in earthenware jars to nn emln enee and tl ern Kur out the liquid ih! sina-sh the vesseLs. hen wo de-eeiidoil wo brought with us a number of small sea shells which ha 1 pe'riAed and if ion look at theo on mv table you will seo how thev havo been jwrf ra cl bv the In dnns. W e ags n took n long look nt th 5 in mutain an 1 hi r it was ol Im: in shapv and tha tho iq wnnl roa 1 commenced on t lit ta tern side. I lime trawled on tw h si les of tho mountains from Ilntish C duml ia to tentral mcrica and onei her si le f the bcrra Mains whoro the cliff duellers havo left sm h reinariblo tnoinen.oes of tlk.ir skill nn 1 cu t ins but I have never r-inssoil nnvthiu0 so wonderful an 1 magnificent as he mound which I havobeentellingjou about. Tlie valley is abojf MO feet above the sea level and 's about seventy miles from tho coast. It i -itusted in "sonon, letween tho eiti-s ut vltnr a 1 1 Magdnlcna aHd near tha Mngda lens I her We called the curio ii lallades Moun am, and i is well n-imed |