Two years in Peru : with exploration of its antiquities . ULIXS OF SMALL FORTRESS, rir.\r. xiii.] inn\s ov (ii,i» iiimiLI:. 28r] Inrlrcss of lliiMlillcc. Il is iiriUly l/M yjirds inlonUi hv l^ io 170 in hruiitltli, :im(| is oik?(MioiMiions sliMicl m-(^ oliicjirly *.MI feci liin;li. liidiud,J iiiTivo willi Ml*. Stoer, tluit if llic drhrls ofbroken ndolxuics id- tlio l)aso could bi^ cluurcdaway, il mii;lit be as perfect a (juafbilaftMal as any{){ \\\c others. Tlial il was as important asArand)()bi may bo assununl from tlic^ fact of tlieruins of small forts quite close to it, and those ofa little
Two years in Peru : with exploration of its antiquities . ULIXS OF SMALL FORTRESS, rir.\r. xiii.] inn\s ov (ii,i» iiimiLI:. 28r] Inrlrcss of lliiMlillcc. Il is iiriUly l/M yjirds inlonUi hv l^ io 170 in hruiitltli, :im(| is oik?(MioiMiions sliMicl m-(^ oliicjirly *.MI feci liin;li. liidiud,J iiiTivo willi Ml*. Stoer, tluit if llic drhrls ofbroken ndolxuics id- tlio l)aso could bi^ cluurcdaway, il mii;lit be as perfect a (juafbilaftMal as any{){ \\\c others. Tlial il was as important asArand)()bi may bo assununl from tlic^ fact of tlieruins of small forts quite close to it, and those ofa little temple, Avitli niches in ihc walls for idols,about three hundred yards olf. The whole of these ruins, big fortress, smallforts, and temple, were enclosed by high walls ofadobones, but all of wedge-shape form, Avith thesharp edge upwards. Mr. Steer calculated the. KUINS OF OLD TEMPLE. cubic measurement of the fortress of Arambolu at 286 TWO YEARS IN PERU. [CHAP. XIII. 20,220,840 cubic feet, and that of Huatillee at25,650,800 feet. These two buildings were con-structed in tlie same style—having traces ofterraces, parapets, and bastions, with a largenumber of rooms and squares—all now filled upwith earth. From the relative positions of the relicsdescribed in this chapter, I come to the conclusion,that the fortresses of Arambolu and Huatillee wereto protect from invaders the city of Iluatica, withthe burial-mound of Pando behind. Because thefirst-mentioned buildings are nearer to the sea,and more to the south, from whence the enemymight be expected. The fortress of San Miguel,or Huatillee, may be supposed, however, to have amore direct bearing in reference to the old templeof the god Rimac, as it stands in almost a linedirect between the latter and the Pacific Ocean. ciiArrKi: \iv. Fortrossos imar Sonor Osmas ([uinta. —Kortross of riarmoiidi
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