The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . c8 C5 >< eS e -»S ft ^ !B «H CO C« o tSl cc ^ o tic O ffl c3 ? 3 SCO a a c3 03 M o <v m GQ r^ a -<-i o ^. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 217 ning in a well made channel of stone. Above Kenti-puncularge nodules of limonite appear, two of which, each aboutthree feet long, have the outline of huge mocassins. Thesemarks are called ^Tracks of the Sun, or of sun andmoon, the largest being those of the moon, according tosome Indians. They existed in the seventeenth century, andFather Cobo, who recognizes them as natural, says theIn
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . c8 C5 >< eS e -»S ft ^ !B «H CO C« o tSl cc ^ o tic O ffl c3 ? 3 SCO a a c3 03 M o <v m GQ r^ a -<-i o ^. ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 217 ning in a well made channel of stone. Above Kenti-puncularge nodules of limonite appear, two of which, each aboutthree feet long, have the outline of huge mocassins. Thesemarks are called ^Tracks of the Sun, or of sun andmoon, the largest being those of the moon, according tosome Indians. They existed in the seventeenth century, andFather Cobo, who recognizes them as natural, says theIndians ascribe to them supernatural origin.^^ Hence thetradition may antedate the conquest. A short distanceabove them the trail, which here is simply worn out bytravel, lands on the terraced edge of the greensward infront of the Sacred Rock. This area covers an approximate surface of two hundredand fifty by one hundred and eighty feet. From it we againobtain a view to the west. We overlook the northern Bayof Kona, darkened by the tall ridge of Kakayo-kena andthe green bottom below. The long and narrow Island ofKochi lies athwart the bay. In the northwest the s
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