. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . STARS IN STONE. side into a shape like the hub of a wheel. The number of theseobjects that I collected was as much a matter of surprise toEcuadorians as it was to myself. Though many persons were i It is not unlikely that many examples in metal have perished in the melting-pot (like the axes and other implements and weapons), through the Ecuadorianmania for gold. 270 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. xiv. aware of the existence of these Stars in Stone, no one seemed topossess the least idea that they were so numerous, and so widelydistrib
. Travels amongst the great Andes of the equator . STARS IN STONE. side into a shape like the hub of a wheel. The number of theseobjects that I collected was as much a matter of surprise toEcuadorians as it was to myself. Though many persons were i It is not unlikely that many examples in metal have perished in the melting-pot (like the axes and other implements and weapons), through the Ecuadorianmania for gold. 270 TRAVELS AMONGST THE GREAT ANDES, chap. xiv. aware of the existence of these Stars in Stone, no one seemed topossess the least idea that they were so numerous, and so widelydistributed. In examining books upon the contiguous countries, I findseveral references to stars in stone and in metal. Yet no travellerappears to have been struck by their frequency. In the Reportof The Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemi-sphere during the years 1849-52/ in vol. ii, p. 138, figures aregiven of two stars in bronze (found at Cuzco, Peru), one havinga sixth ray prolonged into a hatchet, which suggests that it musthave
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