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322 capitals of the massive pillars of his temple. These relics are now on exhibition in the National Museum with many other relics of that day, such as Montezuma's feather-shield and cloak and the silken banner once borne before his conqueror. The Mexican government has forbidden the exportation of the relics with which the

land abounds, but antiquarians can still easily reap a rich harvest on this historic ground.

The houses of Mexico are seldom more than two stories high. They are built about a patio—an interior open square surrounded by verandas. The entrance from the street is into this court, from which the upper stories are reached. The style of architecture is