. The earth and its inhabitants .. . assembled at the end of every cycle of 52 years in order to keep up the succession of time by solemnly opening a new cycle. Fac'ng the capital at a distance of sixteen miles in a straight line on the opposite side of the lake is seen the novv* obscure town of Texcoco, which preceded Mexico and which was long its rival. Texcoco was the ancient residence of the Toltec chiefs and the " Athens " of Anahuac, for here the Nahuatl language was spoken in its greatest purity and elegance. Texcoco has the advantage over Mexico of being built on healthy grou
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . assembled at the end of every cycle of 52 years in order to keep up the succession of time by solemnly opening a new cycle. Fac'ng the capital at a distance of sixteen miles in a straight line on the opposite side of the lake is seen the novv* obscure town of Texcoco, which preceded Mexico and which was long its rival. Texcoco was the ancient residence of the Toltec chiefs and the " Athens " of Anahuac, for here the Nahuatl language was spoken in its greatest purity and elegance. Texcoco has the advantage over Mexico of being built on healthy ground above the level of the highest inundations. The Puerto de las Brigantinas, that is, the spot where Cortes built a flotilla to reduce Mexico, lies now consider- ably over a mile from the margin of the lake. North of Texcoco stands the still more ancient city of Otumha, formerl)^ Otompan, which would appear to have
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