Wood of Blood

This picture and the following five were taken from Atala, written by François-René de Chateaubriand and translated by James Spence Harry. It was published in New York by Kenedy, in 1889.

In a valley to the north, at some distance of the grand village, was a wood of cypresses and deals, called the Wood of Blood. It was reached by the ruins of one of those monuments of which the origins are ignored.

Click picture to view full size. (Image source: The Internet Archive.)