The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . ine.) The stone, which isthe same as the Sacred Eock, could not be inside of thetemple, but was connected with the buildings. Hencethe level in front of the rock was an open square, one sideof which was occupied by the hallowed cliff, and possiblytwo sides by the Temple of the Sun and accessories. The surroundings of Titi-kala have long ago been searchedand rifled. The Garces collection, now at the Museum, con-tains gold and silver figurines from this vicinity. Theconcurrent testimony of the former owners of the collection,as well as of Indians
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . ine.) The stone, which isthe same as the Sacred Eock, could not be inside of thetemple, but was connected with the buildings. Hencethe level in front of the rock was an open square, one sideof which was occupied by the hallowed cliff, and possiblytwo sides by the Temple of the Sun and accessories. The surroundings of Titi-kala have long ago been searchedand rifled. The Garces collection, now at the Museum, con-tains gold and silver figurines from this vicinity. Theconcurrent testimony of the former owners of the collection,as well as of Indians from the Island who excavated forthese owners, is that most of the figures of llamas, if not all,came from this neighborhood, as also the small pins of goldand of silver. The latter were probably with textile fabricsburnt in sacrifice, the pins showing traces of fire.^^ In this connection I must refer to a discovery made on ?^ 2 ^ CO >, 0 S o ;h .fH ^n OQ uju c3 tJ o a a c3 t—1 c5 t>^ <§ c« ce cc c3 cS W c3 =4-1O M w PI o p c» O. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 221 the southern slope of Muro-kato, near few inches below the surface was found a stone chest,now at the Museum, which contained a most remarkablybeautiful poncho. Somewhere in that neighborhood anotherchest was exhumed that still remains on the Island, andalso contained a poncho. In fact, five of the six handsometissues of the Garces collection were obtained from this endof Titicaca, but three of them were dug up so long ago thatthe exact locality cannot be ascertained. I do not place great reliance on local names given by theIndians of the Island. Hence I simply record, without anyguarantee, the name of Tican-aychi stated to us as that ofthe ruins connected with the Sacred Eock, and of Tanafor those lying north of Muro-kato in general. The lattername would thus apply collectively to Titi-kala, to the bot-tom of Mama-ojlia, and to the promontory of Sicuyu. About four hundred and f
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