The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . ntial admiration. Every one of ourvisits to this site was a source of new and deep-felt pleasure,aside from archaeological interest. How far this impressedand impresses the Indian, whether Aymara or Quichua,Colla or Lupaca or Inca, may be judged from his characterand primitive beliefs. If the scenery affected his mind at all,it was through the appalling nearness of the gigantic peaks,each of which was to him the home of some powerful spirit,and not a sense of natures beauty, of which there is notrace in his character, either in ancient or modern
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . ntial admiration. Every one of ourvisits to this site was a source of new and deep-felt pleasure,aside from archaeological interest. How far this impressedand impresses the Indian, whether Aymara or Quichua,Colla or Lupaca or Inca, may be judged from his characterand primitive beliefs. If the scenery affected his mind at all,it was through the appalling nearness of the gigantic peaks,each of which was to him the home of some powerful spirit,and not a sense of natures beauty, of which there is notrace in his character, either in ancient or modern times. It is clear from the size of the edifices that the number oftheir former inhabitants cannot have been great. ThePilco-Kayma, admitting that all the rooms were occupied, i. IJY. AVAd-l Plate XLIArtefacts of Bronze (Inea make) from the Island of Titicaca 1. Bar or lever of bronze. 2. Chisel or engraving tool of bronze. 3. Bronze needle or Yauri. 4. Engravers tool (f) of bronze. 5. Celt or chisel of bronze. 6. Ax of bronze. 7. Bronze knife. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 197 could shelter at most a hundred people by dint of crowd-ing. The outhouses might have lodged as many more. Whatthe original purpose of the building may have been is diffi-cult to imagine.^^ The sinuous slopes between the Pilco-Kayma and Yumaniare covered, as already stated, by andenes showing ancientand recent cultivation. I have mentioned the fact that thenumber and extent of these garden-beds does not indicate acorrespondingly large agricultural population. The systemof rotation in lands requires a very large surface in com-parison with the number of the people. We find no tracesof Inca buildings until we reach the lower slopes of thepromontory of Yumani, where, not far from the watersedge, shapeless rubbish designates the spot on which, ac-cording to the present owners of Yumani, anotherKayma formerly stood. Not even the approximate sizeof the structure can be determined, so completely have
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