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Show OGDEN BOY SEES TWO PYRA1V380S Walter A. Kerr Visits, in Mexico, the Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon and Is Led Into a Subterranean City and Along1 the Path of the Dead. and meadow, mirroring In Its crystal water the cypress three with its drooping boughs; out of the dense foliage a white pinnacle lifts Itself heavenward and Its chiming belli) calls the industrious tollers to mass; in the distance, clinging to the mountain moun-tain sides, a few baronial farm houses, "white as Carrara marble, glisten and sparkle as the rays of the morning Bun play around their plnarcts. Could the Toltecs have chosen a more enchanting en-chanting plnce? Is It to he wondered at that Aztec kings were always anxious anx-ious to be crowned at San Juan I Teotohuacan? Looking down at tho foot of the Iyramid of the Moon. I noticed a "plaza." surrounded by manv mounds. In the center of Oils "plaza" stands o lone mound, for what purpose one may conjecture, leading to the north Is that strange "path or the dead." resting cozlly among dozens of mounds, a few, a very lew of which have been opened. What a history is there yet, and what will Mexico in the future give to the world concerning her ancient peoples! I surveyed the surrounding counlry and was almost bewildered y the hundreds of mounds which cluster ahr.ut the two great pyramids, mounds as yet untouched by human hand. 1 descended reluctantly, found my guide, gave him a tip, thanked him for hl6 kindness, and saying. "Adlos." ' made my way for the station, after looking back in (he hope of seeing something new, and with a regret of leaving such wonders, never, perhaps, . to see them again. (By Walter A. Kerr of Ogden.) , "San Juan," shouted the conductor es the train approached the little til-luge til-luge of Sao Juan Teutilhuacan. I hurried down the aisle of tho car and In a moment found myself on tho i.tatlon platform, looking toward the north, seemingly overcome with a iVollug of awe and wonder as I beheld be-held In the distance the Pyramid of the Suo, and Its sister, tho Pyramid oi the Moon. Silhouetted against the mountains, carpeted with nature's verdure, with lis top reaching Into the azure blue, this gigantic structure, the "leoeallo ' nf the sun, stands like a sentinel, clothed In a jeweled mantle of white, lrnking down, as It has done tor cen-I cen-I urles. upon a beautiful a vnll?y as rye could wish to behold. T noon found myself wandering through narrow streets and winding l.-.nes, whose sidca were lined . witn .;il! "Oregon cocti," veritable barrleis ijr;.lnst intrusion. Here and there testled a rudely built Indian hut, n-.t constructed of mud, as the houses of northern Mexico ire, hut of lava, j-'eked up undoubtedly on the little farm, and the leaves of the cactus (!nnt of whlcn the roof was made With thi aid of a kind Indian, who willingly offered to show me the way, I arrived, nfter an hour's rambling. Ft the foot of the Pyramid of the Sou. The official In charge had gone for his mail, so that meant a wait for cue hour, It being law that no on-? visit without permission. I found a seme what comfortable sent on a lnvi oek. sat down and pondered, bb mv pes surveyed the gigantic structure before me. My thoughts ran something like this: "The pyiamld Is nearly as large as the great Pyramid of Chcop, te!ng 7C1 feet by 72 fee', at the base. Br.d 216 feet high, and, according o ttaditlon, was built by the Gods, historians his-torians agreeing, howevejr, that it 1? at least 1200 years old. A Toltce c!ty once flourished near these temples, tem-ples, and was famed throughout the land. From all parts of this city the ( ople could see this great shrine which crowned the summit, which is f9 feet by 103 feet In dimensions The statue of the Sun, adorned with R breastplate of gold, and many embellishments em-bellishments of silver, stood In this el.rine or temple to which Toltee and Artec kings came to be crowned. Here many a well-intending priest V'Icked his arm or his ear or his lip with the cactus thorn for the purpose rf drawing blood, whereby he might ptrcnk the face of his God. as well as his own before performing some Mcred rite; here many a captive :aken in war was stretched unon the ?s:crlficial stone and held by priestly lands, while his heart was removed. nd cast, still t... v.iing. at the fee', jf the war god, Hultzllopochtli Here many a fair maiden followed the rl. anting priests as they made their way up the winding stairs only to receive like treatment, (Woe to the r.erson who was so unfortunate as o have had light hair and a fair complexion, com-plexion, for such persons were sac-liticed sac-liticed at the annua feasts.)" The officer, by this time, had arrived ar-rived and his voice aroused me from ley. dreniny state In a few modems I stood In the museum building, surrounded sur-rounded by hundreds of works of art, 1 say art, for they were such. Although Al-though rudely carved, they spoke vol-nn:es. vol-nn:es. For some few years the government gov-ernment has been excavating rv rather removing the entire facing -t the pyralmd. and in so doing has found hundreds of valuable relics. I migh say here that the pyramids "re composed of five layers of earth ki ul volcanic rock, each layer being n complete pyramid in Itself, the outer . rface being faced with masonry, and then plr:;tered over with a thiY coating of tine mortar. Coming out of the musoum, we vidked along the railway track, which losses through the- ruins of dozens el' houses. The ground Is covered villi pieces of pottery and obsidian. "This way." said Hie kind officer, "and we shall visit the Ciudad Suh-terranea" Suh-terranea" (subterranean eitv). Descending De-scending by means of a flight'of stone-steps, stone-steps, probably fifteen In number, we realized that it had been a city. I wandered about from room to. room. The w;ls are as smooth as polished, marble, adorned here and there by a few pa lined designs in black and red The floors are covered with a hard cement and ;ire quite level. "Here Is the well," spoke the watchman watch-man cJ this historic and interesting city, lb- fastened a string to his lantern lan-tern and. lettlug It down into the well, l could see the sparkling water. The well is aloiit three feel In diameter diam-eter and thirty feet deep, and is lined with stone. We retraced our steps, making our way back to the large pyramid. 1 was very anxious to climh it, but was ' Informed that tun-h a Ihing would no) Hie allowed I was given, however, one consolation which was that 1 might climb the Pyramid of the Moon. ! Passing the west base nf the terraced Pyramid of the Sun. the nfflrer pointed point-ed out the great stairways which lead to the summit. Part of the steps nr modern, because during the excavations excava-tions many rocks tumbled down, and th"se have been replaced in their former for-mer positions. Wo walked along a broad, well paved road. T eamino do los moertos" (the path cY the dead), nnd were soon within the sacred walls of the "Temple of Agriculture " Here may be seen file best of all the mural painting.. The hand of nature has erased much, no the Mexican govern roent has built a protection that wards off rain and wind. In about five minutest we were at the foot of the Ppramld of the Moon, and my guide being tired, I made tho ascent. Tim huge structure Is not as large as its brother, measuring onlv Till feet, by J2C, feet at the base anil S1 feet In height. As yet no excavating excavat-ing has been done, yo no one knows what the future may reveal. What a picture Is this valley! A real paradise! To the west, to the post, to the south and to the north re mountain, covered with semi-tropical semi-tropical growth: in the valley below hundreds of Miousnnds of c.ictl are extendlug upward their thorny leaves like glcrantle arms, welcoming the rays of a southern n; here and ther a rivulet meanders through forest |