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Peruvian Ruins.

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Remarkable ruins exist at Cuelap, in Northern Peru. "They consist of a wall of wrought stones 3600 feet long, 560 broad, and 150 high, constituting a solid mass with a level summit." Probably the interior was made. of earth. On this mass was another, "600 feet long, 500 broad, and 150 high." In this, and also in the lower

structure, there are many
rooms made of wrought
stone, in which are a great
number of niches or cells

one or two yards deep,
which were used as tombs.
Other old structures exist
in that neighborhood. Far-
ther south, at Huanuco el
Viego, or Old Huanuco,
are two peculiar edifices
and a terrace, and near
them the faded traces of a
large town. The two ed-
ifices were built of a com-
position of pebbles and
clay, faced with hewn
One of them is
called the "Look-out," but
it is impossible to discover
the purpose for which it
was built. The interior of
the other is crossed by six
walls, in each of which is

Estone.

a gateway, the outer one being finely finished, and showing a sculptured animal on each of the upper corners. It has a large court, and rooms made of cut stones. Connected with this structure was a well-built aqueduct.

Fig. 62.-Ground Plan of Edifice at Old Huanuco.

Figures 61 and 62 give views of the so-called palace and its ground plan. Figure 63 represents the Look-out.

Seven leagues from Lima, near the sea, are the muchdilapidated ruins, shown in Figure 64, of a large city of the Incas, which was built chiefly of adobes or sun-dried bricks. It is called Pachacamac. Ruins of towns, castles, fortresses, and other structures are found all about the country. At one place, near Chavin de Huanta, there are remarkable ruins which are very old. The material used here was like that seen at Old Huanuco. From the interior of one of the great buildings there is a subterranean passage which, it is said, goes under the river to the opposite bank. Very ancient ruins, showing remains of large and remarkable edifices, were seen near Huamanga, and described by Cieça de Leon. The native traditions said this city was built by "bearded white men, who came there long before the time of the Incas, and established a settlement.” It is noticed every where that the ancient Peruvians made large use of aqueducts, which they built with notable skill, using hewn stones and cement, and making them very substantial. Some of them are still in use. They were used to carry water to the cities and to irrigate the cultivated lands. A few of them were very long. There is mention of one which was a hundred and fifty miles long, and of another which was extended four hundred and fifty miles across sierras and over rivers, from south to north.

THE GREAT PERUVIAN ROADS.

Nothing in Ancient Peru was more remarkable than the public roads. No ancient people has left traces of works more astonishing than these, so vast was their ex