Thenweenteredonthegreatcausewayofstonebuiltlikearoadrestingonthewaters，andwiththeafternoonwecametothetownofCuitlahuac。
ThencewepassedontoIztapalapan，andhereGuatemocwouldhaverestedforthenightintheroyalhouseofhisuncleCuitlahua。
ButwhenwereachedthetownwefoundthatMontezuma，whohadbeenadvisedofourapproachbyrunners，hadsentordersthatweweretopushontoTenoctitlan，andthatpalanquinshadbeenmadereadytobearus。
Soweenteredthepalanquins，andleavingthatlovelycityofgardens，wereborneswiftlyalongthesoutherncauseway。
Onwewentpasttownsbuiltuponpilesfixedinthebottomofthelake，pastgardensthatwerelaidoutonreedsandfloatedoverthewaterslikeaboat，pastteocallisandglisteningtempleswithoutnumber，throughfleetsoflightcanoesandthousandsofIndiansgoingtoandfroabouttheirbusiness，tillatlengthtowardssunsetwereachedthebattlementedfortthatiscalledXolocwhichstandsuponthedyke。