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and I think they were laid up during the rainy season every rain storm being utilized & thus the variable thickness of the [[strikethrough]] work- [[/strikethrough]] strata.- The tops of other adjacent hills are also ruin-capped as is evident from the mounds which break their outlines. 
The large fortress court & the numerous terraced areas along the hillside about the main ruin are all utilized for corn today. Fragments of coarse pottery like the common dark ware used in the adjacent valley today are scattered about the ruin. I found no traces of ornamented ware. In two of the pyramidal buildings the sunken top revealed the [[strikethrough]] wesl [[/strikethrough]] former existence of interior rooms which were apparently on the level of the base of the structure. This hill top where the ruins are situated is about 1000 ft. |above the nearest water except for a small spring said to exist on the hillslope.
D/S On April 17th we left Oaxaca en route to Tehuantepec. Passing along the eastern arm of the valley we stopped overnight at Tlacolula - 22 miles - 6000 ft. alt. From that point we took a more southeasterly course & after crossing some rolling country descended a long slope into the river cañon to the village of Totolapa 26 m. & at 3400 ft. 
¶The next day (19th) we only made a short ride of 14 m. to the Rancho de los Bichones as we could get no horsefeed at the next place. 
¶On the 20th we made 17 m. to the town of San Carlos at 3100 ft. This is a small Indian town - the head of the district but not of any other interest.