Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . the plaza is a curious little structure built withthe utmost care and containing many niches andnooks. It may possibly have been for the detentionof so-called virgins of the sun or have been theplace in which criminals, destined to be thrown overthe precipice, according to the laws of the Incas,awaited their doom. The plan gives a good idea ofits irregular construction. Above It the hillside rises steeply, and on the crestof the ridge runs a litt
Across South America; an account of a journey from Buenos Aires to Lima by way of Potosí, with notes on Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru . the plaza is a curious little structure built withthe utmost care and containing many niches andnooks. It may possibly have been for the detentionof so-called virgins of the sun or have been theplace in which criminals, destined to be thrown overthe precipice, according to the laws of the Incas,awaited their doom. The plan gives a good idea ofits irregular construction. Above It the hillside rises steeply, and on the crestof the ridge runs a little conduit which we followeduntil It entered the Impenetrable tropical jungleat the foot of a steep hill. The water In this littleazequia, now dry, coming straight down the spur,was conducted over a terrace into two well-pavedtanks on the north side of the plaza. Thence it ranacross the plaza to a little reservoir or bath-houseon the south side. This was ten feet long by five feetwide with low walls not over five feet high and hadon Its north side a small stone basin let down intothe floor two feet by three In such a manner as to •liipii^ Q-.
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