The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-15
ANCIENT HOME OF InCAS SHONN BY
 WORD AND PIC URE
Prof. Bing ham of ' ale Gives Most Interesting Lecture
 to Contemporary Club

p1orafions Among the Incass' was the subject of a particularly charming and entertaining illustrated lecture given be&ore the members of the ConteznpoFary Club by Professor Hiram B1nglaax1 Of XaIe. an explorer and teacher of note The meeting was held at the beAuf44lza new resi- asnce of MT. and 1kra Jona8hnu God xrey, ssT11e Oaansss In Ew0olkaalWn park.
 By word ard picture Prof. Bing- ham described the dangers, hard ships ana beaufaes of the jouFney through Fern to the various ruins of the strange csv1lazat1on ok thosa an cienf people,
 ssSix weeks from to~dmy.@ he said, we VIII again bs on t11e ocean on our way 4o do sca1s more digging and to explore some xnozA xuizas. z
 The cousses ana accop Aaaazs4ents of the several expedtkicEs Ghat have been made to this 1nteresEdng place were shown in aetatl. TEaS pictures were coIored and were all e1qulszte- ly beautf1ua.
 Conceruang 3he and t11s fn- laaot4anks Of taAe countEys Prof. B4ng- hazn easd tfaa9 E1as natlles were the pended upon. The people are not good WeFlkezB and tho only things that Ez1ey care for arc W1a1s3ksy and cocaine Ttse aweEakR wage for the nen e only 1E csnts per day but that is moro zhau fair as they are not.
 Aa for food eKpiCrors have found that tlae only 41y tc return to their native oouM8xy happy and almost fat, ts to carry RE the food for the ez- pedsxton with them from New Korkr usually about two and one half tons of t.
 Inc varaous expedlziDns have been able to locate q number Of ruins spo- ken or in the cf4fspzsfcioe oz this de- parted people and among them was the horne n4 5k11e last Inca, whom the Spanaards ee& ID ns . eOet Of . pup ancient horne, wl1ers their civilization WAS preserved for several hundreds of years baEwean kaae period of fhe early Ineaa and that of the iater centuries who yFere known to the Epan1a1ds. The curious rocky 1nElsaazaon or the cities on high and akmask inaccessible p1ateaux, so euFtoualy pinoad that the trauaaen of to-day can pass very near to them aasd. not suspect the pres enne of their y7zins,
 They were ths gneatest workers In rock that the world has ever known With only eobbIe stones for tools. and with no cement oE aay similar sub stance to hold them together they built such wonderful pa.iacess houses and walls that they haEa stood 4oF centuries ia thIs land ek earthquakes.
 Theme waa one wall in particular o9 which Prof, HlHsham showed several views, and ft Is So beaWtkful and sym Hetrfeai that ha Ea4d f2aa explorers came ta HeVepeBee 1t, The ruins af the cities sAeW that the fncaa uHdefs steed tsse art e9 lateEal dpes of dry Hoata, and Of hacked stonas, which things were also known to the Greeks,
 mha arrangement ef their cities aaosvs that they had the clan system la vogue. The areat stone houses of eae family. were built with out locking doors. grouped together and surrounded by a strong wall which had but one opening which might be readily harFieaded.
 Their pronHas and pottery are very similar to these Of the Early Greeks and Egyptians
 Professor Bingham pReved an in- teFesting speaker who managed to give a numerous tupn ta his account of various incidents,