its head to the east and feet to the west. The head is in the
position commonly given to a corpse; the right arm extends downwards,
with the hand and fingers spread stiffly across the abdomen; the
left arm bends down along the left side, with the hand quite under
the middle line of the body; the left hip is raised a trifle, the thigh
and leg more so, so as to bring the lower part of the left leg and
foot obliquely across and over the same parts on the right. The
posture is in all one that a dying body left to itself might naturally
assume. The entire length of the figure is ten feet two and a half
inches, and the other parts of the body are proportionately colossal.

Its head is of a very elongated type, but well shaped, and with
a countenance full of solemn, dignified composure. The features
are purely Caucasian, having neither the high cheek bones of the
Indian, nor any other facial outlines which mark the type of other
Aztec aborigines.

To describe the appearance of this great figure as being strange
and impressive is saying too little.

Lying as it still does, in its original earthy bed, its grey massive
form hardly yet still from the struggles by which it seems to have
freed itself, and the face, body and limbs still damp with the
ooze of its low sepulchre, it possesses the beholder with a feeling
of extremest awe and profoundest wonder. To interrupt these
emotions by speculations as to its personality, to approach this
majestic figure with the calm processes of scrutinizing investigation,
seems a sacrilege. All one's feelings persuade to accept it as a
real human being, once instinct with life and activity, now a noble
corpse. The proprietors of the giant figure, or statue, as we