The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-19

ana caye-like vaults made in which
all sorts OF house industry goes on.
| saw a saddler, sewing On harness in
one cave in the wall, a shoemaker
pegglng away in a second. and a car
penter saving and planning in a third.
Inc blocks of this building are OF
great size and they will apparently
last for ages.
other interesting remains We're the
walls OF the palaces which formed the |
homes of the Incas. Take that of
I~achacutec, which stood not far from
where the great cathedral of CuZco
now Is The street upon which il
races Is not more han fifteen feet
VIDE and the original walls of the
palace are still preserved TO the
height of the first story. From there
TO the second story, the Building is
colonial. 1t now forms a fine resi-
dence. occupied by Thomas Gonzales,
one Of the rich men of Cuzco. The
inca walls begin with the street and
extend for perhaps three hundred
feet. including the greater part of The
block. The stones are of granite
blocks, of different sizes, beautifully
chiseled. n joined with unions so
hne that 1T is impossible to put in a
knife blade between them. Some of
the stones have many angles and one
great block of granite, about four feet
square and weighing several tons has
twelve angles in it.
1t Is said that these blocks were cut
out at the quarries from original pat
terms and designs given by the archi-
tects. They are Joined together k
a mosaic. and although / went care
fully over them, / could not find one
place in which l could put my knife
blade into the cracks. The unions are
without mortar, and the stones are
as firm and regular today as when
they were made. Nevertheless. the
| hl1iI6nrS knauy ~ ut zinc of ;nop ~ ct1aI
They had evidently no knowledge OF
cement or mortar, although it is said
that gold and silver were sometimes
placed between the joints as a bed
ding material. | saw no evidence Of
this in my investigation.
Some of the most remarkable build
{ ings of ancient Cuzco were the forti-
fcations of Cachsahualnan, which
I crowned the top of a hill just back
= Of the city, This hill rises preci-
e pitousiy from the level where Cuzco
I stands to a height of 700 or 500 feet
5 1t is SO steep that one has to wind
I about to go up it. l rode upon horse
back a part of the way and then left
my horses and climbed up the walls
e Of the fort upon foot. On the lower
< slopes Of the hill facing a great gar.
e den made in two terraces perhaps SOC
feet above CuZco, stood the palace o.
e Nance Capac, the first great Inca rul
er. This was right under the FORTH
cations and it commanded a magni
fcent view Of the city and valley. On
Is the first terrace now stands a church
l. which was erected there in the day
l. Of the lnQuisition, and outside it, il
what you might call the 'churchyard
are some great stone instruments o
ID torture, that were used to bring tn
Is Indians and heretics to the Christia,
,e religion. Some of these stones Wer
1t made in the shape Of a keyhole, tn
round part Of the hole being neares
the ground, the remainder Of the key
hole being in the form OF a capital Z
j. The hole was just large enough S
n that the mans head could be squeeze
le through it, his neck lying as it were o
Re the stone. He was put into this posi-
Of ton on his belly, and after his hea
TT was put through the hole his leg
re were bent up over his back and hi
O. feet hrust through the T part Of tn
ne key, bending his body, as it were, i
1g a knot. The torture was such that
lie often caused death. I had my stenC
b. grapher get down and put his hea
in through the hole to illustrate how
re was done. l also tried to induce hi
IS. to let me put his legs through til
ist T but this he refused.
III The palace Of Nance Capac mu:
"a nave been q magnificent home. L
r. garden covered acres, the main pa
standing upon a terrace. which W.
twelve feet above the church / hay
described. This terrace is mad
&c these wonderful walls into Whic
~ were fitted sentinel boxes.
Va Walking through the garden, whic
tS is now filed with EUCALYPTUS trees au
~ beautiful roses, | came to the ruins
the building itself. 1t was made
- black granite, the blocks being Vel
-, thick at the bottom and lessening
size from there to the top. | Wei
around to the opposite side Of II
- structure where some Of the ston,
had been torn away. Here I cOu
see that The thick walls were doubl
~ They had two separate walls Of sr;
" mite, which were flied in with Ston
H. and mud. i took a sheet of pap
~ from my note bOok and tried to iii
lth in between the cracks, but found
he ;7nnass;hJe Nance CaDac'e nal,
IL and its grounds are now the proper
IN &c Mr. @ asaE I npanliui q u-aaltl