Note IV-41 — Chapter IV · ANTIQUITIES OF GUATEMALA AND BELIZE.
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Morelet, Voyage, tom. ii., pp. 65-8, 26. M. Morelet, by reason of sickness, was unable to make any personal explorations in Peten beyond the island. He has preserved, however, some native reports respecting the antiquities of the region. 'On trouve dans tout ce pays des ruines d'anciens édifices, comme dans le Yucathan, et des idoles en pierre.' Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1843, tom. xcvii., p. 51. 'Por aquellos montes ay muchos edificios antiguos grandiosos (como lo que oy se ven en Yucathàn) y en ellos muy grandes Idolos de piedra.' Cogolludo, Hist. Yuc., p. 700. 'It is doubtful if any monuments of note exist in the district, except on the islands, or in the immediate neighborhood of the lakes.' Squier's Cent. Amer., pp. 543-5. Mention in Wappäus, Geog. u. Stat., p. 295; Humboldt, in Nouvelles Annales des Voy., 1827, tom. xxxv., p. 329. 'Il n'existe dans cette île aucuns vestiges d'idoles ni de temples.' Waldeck, Voy. Pitt., pp. 69-70. Many relics and remains of idols still to be found on the island. Hassel, Mex. Guat., p. 359; Malte-Brun, Précis de la Géog., tom. vi., p. 470; Morelet's Trav., pp. 240-2; Gondra, in Prescott, Mex., tom. iii., p. 98.