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186 people. No gates were visible. Access to the interior was probably gained by ladders, which were drawn up in case of threatened danger. This fortress commanded the approaches to a small but beautiful city built wholly in the water. As the army passed through this place an

excellent supper was given to the soldiers, with an invitation to stay all night; but their Aztec escort advised that they should go a few miles farther, to Iztapalapa, the home of Montezuma's brother, on the southern border of the salt lake Tezcuco. This city lay within full