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3s . THE SLAVE SCULPTOR CHAPTER VI. MONTEZUMA’S PALACE. mar 9 Sepa omnes t to the art, ts and skill of the Aztec! A fit Pantheon for these Greeks of the New World ! Alas that it should be their Mausoleum ! It was built of the red porous stone of the country, called tetzon- tli, with ornaments of jasper and porphyry. On the facade, over the principal entrance, was sculptured the arms, or device, of Mon- tezuma, which consisted of an eagle, bearing in his talons an ocelot. In the Sr on the distent bill of Chapelt agen Lape the copious reservoir on istant h ultepec; and, in turn su plied over a thousand a U trteri od - ry whe of the residence were of immense size, though the ceilings were low, and were composed of odoriferous wood ingeniously paneled. The ficors were covered with mats of stained, and with pirtpous Sarees Satheremk. Tought in the mat wk Soe Clouds of ii e continually arose from cen- sors of pure gold, and diffused intoxicating odors through the grand Fi peror sat in a private saloon. With him was Lord Ahuitzol. The slaves had been dismissed. It was about the hour of four in the af- ternoon. Montezuma was wrapped:in an ample cloak of the finest cotton, beautifully embroidered, and his feet were incased in sandals of so’ comiiclbooks.com