On the neighbouring hills we could discern traces of more terrace-roads of the same kind; there must be many miles of them still remaining.
But it was when we reached the summit, that we found the most remarkable part of the structure.

The top has been cut away so as to form a large level space, which was surrounded by a stone wall, now in ruins.

Inside the inclosure are several mounds of stone, doubtless burial-places, and all that is left of the pyramid.

Ruined and defaced as it is, I shall never forget our feelings of astonishment and admiration as we pushed our way through the bushes, and suddenly came upon it.

We were quite unprepared for anything of the kind; all we knew of the place when we started that morning being that there were some curious old ruins there.
The pyramid was composed of blocks of hewn stone, so accurately fitted together as hardly to show the joints, and the carving goes on without interruption from one block to another.