Note IX-86 — Chapter IX · ANTIQUITIES OF THE CENTRAL PLATEAUX. (continued 2)
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Mayer's Mex. as it Was, pp. 222-5, with cut. Thompson, Mex., p. 140, alluding probably to the same monument, locates it 'a few hundred yards from the pyramids, in a secluded spot, shut closely in by two small hillocks,' pronounces it undoubtedly a sacrificial stone, and estimates the weight at 25 tons. Beaufoy also speaks of an unsculptured sacrificial stone 11 by 4 by 4 feet. 'Une fort grande pierre semblable à une tombe, couverte d'hiéroglyphes.' Fossey, Mexique, p. 316. 'A massive stone column half buried in the ground.' Bullock's Across Mex., p. 166.