New-York tribune., 1877-11-10


out. Within the church, portions of other walls
are visible, and the east side is wel-preserved
wall of twelve courses. so PAGES long. Inc
masonry is wonderful Tue material is "a drk me
grained exceedingly hard. hornhendc rock called Aiay-
mosco. The stones are not large averaging ioot I'D
length and dmnshng in thickness as they ascend from
twenty 10 seven inches None strictly RECTANGULAR
and the lines of the courses trhe wavy yet every
stone Its its ncighhor perfectly without any cement
vcn any relief or depression in the lower stone Is oi
lowed exactly by the above IL, as II 10
had been worked back and forth upon It.
No chIsclnr could have made such matchi
and no wonder the Cuzqueuians think the stones
were made plastic by some secret art The stones are
rdec-sbaptd giving the wall slight inclination inward
OF S. In the east wall small openings probably
watcrOutcis In front Of the at of the church, was
shown "thc entrance 10 subteTauean passage leading
to tie fortress o. sacsaihuamau but not the passage
itself; h safer TO presume on my creduiity There
IS proof Of any such passage
There are several strange things about these remains
First that the earliest monument Of Inca masonry 'Iai
they say this was erected by Nance CapacJ should Zoe
superior TO specimen that came after Us second tA't
Temple 20 the sun should have been located ID the low
est part of the city; and snudiy that such temple
should not have faced the east Won I-cluu says tHe
door fronted the rising sun but the socaed east side
Of Inti-hussi OF all the other ancient buildings h
Cuzco faces north OF east Yet the variation Of tne
conpass may thcn have amounted TO that difference
is now TO- 80.
Imav observe that in Marcoy map Of Cuzco Eng Ldl
there is an error OF fall quadrant for north Tead "es'
etc.
one block above the Temple OF the sun begin Jhe "s
NJ re Grand quadrangle which no Doubt inc.osed
the palace house Of the vest Virgins. and many other
roval and sacred ed fees; 10 is now converted INTO th
convent of santo Catalina and swarm or pretty SHOPS
On the west se OF continuous wall 300 feet long, Win
sixteen courses diminishing in width. and together nav
ing hcchth Of about twenty feet, the masonry closely
resembles that lust described. The stones are Oh al
eurbs tbe largest measuring five feet, yet put together
with tine precision OF mosaic The WALL when lncuHe'
inward like an the other Inclria walls in the city was
plainly nothing hut an iuc0sure Near oy III the cane
del -iur is 1uitn a 4 # rent stvle OF masonry, wncn
shall call Cyclopeau, although probably not the most
ancient. It is vault 17j feet long II feet Hsh
and 40 inches thick built Of huge poy angular granite
bou1dcrs I'm four courses. Very few stones have less
than eight or ten sides and 0ne the largest OF all mas
twelve angles and seventeen feet in circumference As
Riycro's drawing OF this remarkable stone is acdIlci'
give correct figure by measurements Here ana t"eie
small projections are left in the wall 80 If 20 enable one
to scale H. sixty PAGES south OF h.sJnd parallel TO IT, L.
another similar wall but part Of 1t has been thrown
down Indeed both re much longerbut they nave
been cut IN two to make streets Autquanaus say they
formed part palace Of the the second Inca erected
near the end of the eleventh century.
THE TEMPLE OF THE sUN.
Plaza il the famous hin of sacsa-huaman On it, slope
is the Church " san Crst0bai, which unfortunately
covers what tradt0n calls tLe remains Of che palace oI
Nance Capac. This Nance capac must have heen
wonderful mau-to have come from tine bleak Island Oh
Titicaca and Suddenly developed talent for drchiette
which would shine to-day; the masonry Of tns Temple
Of the san he surpassed aad judging by tie Ie"
courses of cut stone visible E,t0bdl MS palace
would rival any structure Oh Ftth-ave. GROWING
sICsalluamIu is the celebrated fortleSs-tle t"rr"
br,it-triu of Peru, where much brave fighting Was
done three centuries agotne indian FOR ms country. JA
spanard for his gold. Three ugly crosses deiace IT.
away witA them; why cruelty TIE h.L attesA-wh4cE
they certainly DO they represent The religion DID the
city beIowl sacsai-iuauau (which has The singular
meaning Of "VutuIe, gorge tdyseif not higher J''A
surrounding submits, bu- 10 has steep derlFiies save
ON the north side, where 10 blends with tle mgha's
be,oul 10 IS this exposed side on the north that j. So
remarkably defended Here three successive semi
circular walls rough poyang1lar stones without NOR
t4r vet accurately fitting. These stones, or rather
rocks. are among the largest ever handled hy man
There Is feet high, nine feet wide aud seven
thick and must weigh nearly hundred tons. Another
has q face about fifteen feet square and has eleven
angles % which its ne ghors closely correspond The
stones come from limestone quarry near hy. But BOW
they were trauspautcd short distance and lifted
into place il is not easy TO The style of masonry is
ike That in the Gale del TriuBo al the stones are of
irregular shape, yet make perfect joints with each o1eI
Evidently this Cycopaau style did not save labor but
rather increased TO- for 10 cut ten faces on stone with
DO two angles tliFe, yet matching those around IT, l.
more difficult than to make all rectangular. Bus
strength WIS designed and secured by this method
for the stones are so tied in thar can hr taken
v and every Joint broken The lowest line OF for
fcaieu thc colossal and has numerous procctnE
angles but the height nowhere exceeds twenty feet
Ana the mystery isgny such massive defence against
bows and arrows dt was built, historians ray, before
Ia ffts o 4sftTff AS.
sealed It is one Of the many riddles OF ancient Peru
within a stoue's throw Of saes1huamau in the Rodad-
ero or abiding place. nil Of limestone curiOusy
grOoved Here, ont Of the solid rock, are thirteen
seats OF steps four facing 149S Of f. aud close
by is another series which faces 2Oo > Of W In the
neghborng rocks hosts Of squarey cut places hardly
for they narrow, rather aars for household
gods But there such utter want OF system and OF
uniformity and wthal many, H disposed to think
they the random work OF ialiug race who had
nothing else to do. sun farther north of the R0dadeco
OF the royal road, walled in ana paved with
small limestone blocks which was projected 20 reach
quito.
All these monuments IN Cuzc0 supposed 20 be late
than those at Tiahuanuc0 Paelacamac and Trio. Wit
out doubt they antedated by the monoiths south
Ttcaca but about their Dcmg erected by the that
met the Spaniards am sceptcal The relies preserved
in largest collections of antiquities IN Cuzco the
/ "CentenO" and "Aontez, " are comparatively recent
can readily believe they were made by people a. weak
as Pzarro found they exhibit a society In the
last stages OF decay. There is nothing noble or nteIl
gent III their haudiwork. II is incoucevable that the
| same people reared the walls Of The Temple
Of the sun and made these rude, pallry
/ obscene hnages-many OF them obscene enough
| 70 make sodom and Pompe blush The materials are
! gold silver, copper, champ copper and gold aoycdj.
stone and wood and have seen breastplae OF bell
metal The objects usually represented are men and
women the llama, deer monkey, Uunea-pis, peccay,
huna eat birds snakes turtles h-h. crab maze chiri-
| NOVA and melon. A buuchback with enormous mouth