...and dragged aside, a space cleared around the base, Mr. Catherwood's frame set up, and he set to work It is impossible to describe the interest with which...should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to rut away branches and vines which concealed the face,of a monument, and then to dig around and bring...

...watched the Indians while they hacked with their machetes, and even wondered that they succeeded so well. It is impossible to describe the interest with which...ruins. The ground was entirely new ; there were no guide books or guides ; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never...

...forest amidst which the ruins were concealed, compelled them to put a limit to their researches. " It is impossible to describe the interest with which I explored these ruins," says our author ; " the ground was entirely new, there were no guide-books nor guides — the whole...

...wenn man an diese r&thselhaften Spuren einer gänzlich unbekannten Kultur herantritt. STEPHENS sagt: ,It is impossible to describe the interest, with which...could not see ten yards before us, and never knew »hat we should stumMe upon next.* Von höchstem Interesse und die wichtigsten Resultate versprechend...

...wenn man an diese räthselhaften Spuren einer gänzlich unbekannten Kultur herantritt. STEFBENS sagt: ,It is impossible to describe the interest, with which...ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no gnidebooks or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never...

...with which l explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no gnidebooks or puides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before ns, and never knew »hat we should stumble upon next.' Von höchstem Interesse und die wichtigsten...

...dragged aside, a space cleared around the base, Mr. Catherwood's frame set up, and he set to work. . . . It is impossible to describe the interest with which...stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed th^ fare of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a sculptured corner of...

...diverted from it. One hacked into a tree, and, when tired, which happened very soon, sat down to rest, and another relieved him. While one worked there were...ground was entirely new; there were no guide-books; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble...

...their first set of ruins, at Copan, Stephens announces, "I am entering abruptly upon new ground.... The ground was entirely new; there were no guide-books or guides; the whole was a virgin soil" (l:96, l:ll9). The ruins are so different from Stephens's and Catherwood's preconceptions of any sort...

...diverted from it. One hacked into a tree, and, when tired, which happened very soon, sat down to rest, and another relieved him. While one worked there were...knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stoppedto cut away branches and vines which concealed the face of a monument, and then to dig around...