| Show REPORTED OF A BURIED burled CITY I 1 ii lq mexico the ruins of an ancient city have recently been dise disc discovered discovered overe in mexico according 40 late advises advices ad vices the buried city is sittia situated ted in an immense men seand and almost impenetrable arable forest in in the vicinity of lleo aico andin antin chedi of the accounts of this interesting discover discovery yare re quite meagre and unsatisfactory as asyet yet according AcCor dind to a mexican journal lo dia diario de la marlnee the following fg particulars tic ulars are extracts extracts from Tulau tulancingo Tulan cl cingo rigo dates of august ath the authorities of huauchinango 0 1 accompanied compa nied by bariou va riou neighbors went to give ve judicial possession of a rancho aa or farm r m to the last purchaser and dur dui ing their investigation attention was drawn to the bounds and limits of the ancient deed limits on the jaarth and east the city IT where the party were nere in accord that there was a dense forest in which none of themo theto had ever enter ed for the reason that it was close dup by infinite obstructions the accumulations of wild forest growth and becom position forgas for ages I 1 presume and in the progress of the e investigation it was de terly terin ter mined ined to institute a search of the forest which seems to make the northern and eastern bounds they forced an entrance with maeh mach mu ch labor and discovered vestiges of streets which were followed until the discovery of two houses of rather singular sin Bin gular guiar construction y covered with trian triangular ular vaul vaulted tell or arched roofs one of which was entered when they dise disc discovered an extensive court and in it many maily stone idols which were carried to huauchinango they found passages crossing crossin in every direction but many of the doors or entrances were stopped up with stones ta tapia a and mud mortar so that when avley they wished to leave tle the the various parts which they had separated in the course odthe of the in investigation vesti gation gatlon it was necessary to fire pis and to shout hi in loud voice in order orden to get together again some of the parties partis report having liming found the ruins of otone etoni and stone stairs stains leading to high places which when struck gave evidence of vaults below the prefect of huauchinango has ordered a more inore extensive examination with men properly provided with the implements ta necessary for the work and i he e has also reported ported re to the emperor t the he various incidents of the discovery tho the indians indiana in the vicinity who have concealed their knowledge of the ruins and the history if they have it say they ought not to say anything of them and much less to penetrate into mysteries of the forest for it had been proved that all who vho had entered there had become enchanted those who had lost cattle or sheep in searching for d them in these woods had become lost lri iri the intricate labyrinth and ano lini ha ilat perished |
