This Aqueduct, as described by Cortez, consisted of twowonduits composed of clay tempered with mortar, about two paces in breadth, and raised about six feet. In one of them was conveyed a stream of excellent water, as large as the body of a man, into the centre of the city. The other was empty, so that when it became necessary to clean or repair the former, the water might be turned into it which was the case also with ;

those of Chapoltepec, " of which one was always in use, whenever the other required cleaning."

The gardens of Montezuma were also adorned and nourished with streams and fountains, and appear to have rivalled those of Asiatic monarchs in splendour.

The ruins of the city of Tezcuco, which with its suburbs was even larger than Mexico, and according to Torquemada, contained one hundred and forty thousand houses, still betoken an ancient place of great importance and magnificence. Without the walls, tumuli, the sepulchres of the former inhabitants, may yet be observed, and also the remains of a

fine Aqueduct in a sufficient state of preservation for present use.

Two miles from Tezcuco, the village of Huexoila, situated on the site of the ancient city of that name, which was considered as one of the suburbs of Tezcuco, exhibits signs of ancient civilization, in the foundations of large edifices,

in massive Aqueducts, one of which, covered with rosecolored cement, still exists in a perfect state, and in an extensive wall of great height and thickness. A covered way flanked by parallel walls proceeds from the ancient city, to