Note VII-43 — Chapter VII · ANTIQUITIES OF OAJACA AND GUERRERO.
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5.8 mètres high; one third of the height buried in the ground. Humboldt, Vues, tom. ii., p. 282. 4 varas above surface, 2 varas below, 1 vara diameter. Id., in Antiq. Mex., suppl. pl. viii. Of the material, Humboldt says: 'Quelques personnes, très-instruites en minéralogie, m'ont dit que la pierre est un beau porphyre amphibolique; d'autres m'ont assuré que c'est un granite porphyritique.' 12 feet high, 9½ feet in circumference. Fossey, Mex., pp. 367-8. About 14 feet high, Charnay, Ruines Amér., p. 263; 5½ varas high, 1 vara in diameter, material granite, Dupaix, p. 31. Over 5 varas high. Burgoa, in Soc. Mex. Geog., Boletin, tom. vii., p. 171. 12 feet high, 4 feet diameter. Tempsky's Mitla, p. 253. 10 feet 10½ inches above ground, over 6 feet below, 3⅓ varas in circumference; material porphyry. Ilustracion Mej., tom. ii., pp. 495-6. So large that two men can hardly reach round them, 5 fathoms high. Mendieta, Hist. Ecles., pp. 395-6. Material a porous limestone. Viollet-le-Duc, in Charnay, Ruines Amér., p. 78.