There was never any want nor poverty.

All the riches of the world were there, houses built of silver and precious jade, of rosy mother of pearl and of azure turquoises.

The servants of the great king Quetzalcoatl were skilled in all manner of arts; when he sent them forth they flew to any part of the world with infinite speed; and his edicts were proclaimed from the summit of the mountain Tzatzitepec, the Hill of Shouting, by criers of such mighty voice that they could be heard a hundred leagues away.[2] His servants and disciples were called "Sons of the Sun" and "Sons of the Clouds."[3] [Footnote 1: The _Books of Chilan Balam_, of the Mayas, the _Record from Tecpan Atitlan_, of the Cakchiquels, and the _Popol vuh_, National Book, of the Kiches, have much to say about Tulan.

These works were all written at a very early date, by natives, and they have all been preserved in the original tongues, though unfortunately only the last mentioned has been published.] [Footnote 2: Sahagun, _Historia_, Lib.

iii, cap.