ILLUSTRATIONS

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El Castillo—a Pyramid Temple at Muyil Frontispiece

Map Showing the Route of the Expedition and the New Archæological Sites Discovered 16

A Good Sea and Mud Boat was the H. S. Albert 28

A Rare Moment when Both Spinden and Mason Were Silent 32

Griscom’s Fortune at Ascension Bay 102

Some of the Drunken Mayas of Santa Cruz de Bravo 132

We Hung McClurg’s Shark from Our Bow—A Warning to his Kind 146

Spinden and Mason Before Remains of a Fisherman’s Shrine 150

We Find an Outpost of the Commercial City of Muyil 160

From this High Building Canoes Approaching Muyil Were Sighted Before they Could See the City 166

Vigia del Lago (“The Watch on the Lake”) 184

The Chief Temple of Tulum 206

The Ear-Ringed Chief of the Tulum Indians, “General” Paulino Caamal 210

Tulum’s Temple of the Frescoes 214

Behind this Temple to Some God of Maya Sailors we Found the Walled Town of Xkaret 224

McClurg Took the First Motor Boat into Xkaret Harbor 228

This “Lighthouse-Temple” is the “Broken Pyramid” which Gives the Ruins Behind it the Name Paalmul 236

On an Altar in the Upper Story of this Building at Paalmul we Found the Fragments of a Terra Cotta God 238

Front View of Round Building at Paalmul which Was Perhaps an Astronomical Observatory 242

Back View of Round Paalmul “Observatory” 248

This Building on the Harbor of Chakalal Contains Murals of a Style Never Found Before in East-coast Art 252

Wall Paintings Found in a Temple at Chakalal 256

The Laborers who Built the Stone Temples Probably Lived in Huts Like These of the Modern Indians of Acomal 260

Temple Found at Acomal with Curious Pineapple Shaped Object on Outdoor Altar Before it 268

McClurg, Spinden, Mason, Whiting, Griscom 272

Though Cozumel Island is Small, Spinden Found Ruins the Thick Bush had Hidden from Previous Explorers 276

The “Lighthouse-Temple” on Cozumel Island 280

Buildings at Acomal Showed an Interesting Use of Stucco Faces 284

A Lucky Halt for Lunch Led to the Discovery of Okop 298

The Great Moment when Spinden Reached the Top of a Pyramid at Okop 300

We Found Magnificent Spanish Churches Deserted to the Hot, Silent Bush 304

The Author was Glad to Reach “Civilization” at Chichen Itza 308

Small Wooden Crosses Put by Modern Indians on Altars of Ancient Temples 332

Silver Cities of Yucatan