Note VIII-16 — Chapter VIII · ANTIQUITIES OF VERA CRUZ.

Esteva, in Museo Mex., tom. ii., pp. 465-7, with plan and view. Respecting the circumference of the structure, Esteva's text says: 'la media circunferencia de la base, tomada desde el escalon ó cuerpo A. B. C., (letters which do not appear in his plate) pues mas abajo no se podia tomar con esactitud, es de ciento cincuenta y seis piés castellanos.' I have taken the circumference from the plan. The material Esteva states to be 'cal, arena, y piedras grandes del rio,' but the view indicates that hewn stone is employed, or at least that the whole structure is covered with a smooth coating of cement in perfect preservation. Esteva's account is also published in the Diccionario Univ. de Geog., tom. x., pp. 166-8, and a slight description from the same source in Mayer's Mex. Aztec, etc., vol. ii., pp. 203-4.