The Standard publishes a rumour which may prove of great
interest for archaeologists. If we understand a rather confused statement, information has been received in Paris that M. Charnay, a French explorer, has discovered in the forests of Guatemala a city still occupied by the Indians who built and carved the giant structures now lying in ruins over so wide a space of Central America. The news seems too good to be true, but the legend of the existence of such a city has been most persistent ; Guatemala is much of it unexplored, and the Indians, if desirous of keeping such a secret, would not hesitate to make of the murder of any one who entered their territory a traditional custom. Only, as the object is to keep their organi- sation alive until the Europeans depart, how did they happen to spare M. Charnay, and allow him to communicate with the ex- ternal world?
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