. Pacific shores from Panama . wn. Theviews, as we descended, were beautiful. The lovelyvalley, dotted with eucalyptus groves, lay green and [173] PACIFIC SHORES FROM PANAMA radiant below us, framed by its towering mountainsthat peeped over each others shoulders as theystretched away, fold upon fold, dimmer and yet moredistant until they disappeared in far perspectives. The city that lay be-neath us, one-storiedfor the most part, flatalong its regularstreets, looks quite asit must have appearedto the Inca sitting inhis fortress now potteryroofs replace thethatch of straw or ofychu g
. Pacific shores from Panama . wn. Theviews, as we descended, were beautiful. The lovelyvalley, dotted with eucalyptus groves, lay green and [173] PACIFIC SHORES FROM PANAMA radiant below us, framed by its towering mountainsthat peeped over each others shoulders as theystretched away, fold upon fold, dimmer and yet moredistant until they disappeared in far perspectives. The city that lay be-neath us, one-storiedfor the most part, flatalong its regularstreets, looks quite asit must have appearedto the Inca sitting inhis fortress now potteryroofs replace thethatch of straw or ofychu grass that covered the older houses, and thebelfries and domes of numerous Spanish churcheshave supplanted the gilded walls and cumbersomemasonry of the ancient Inca temples. These last lay for the most part in the southeastquarter of the city and were dominated by the greatTemple of the Sun, the most revered sanctuary in allthe empire, called by the people Coricancha, thePlace of Gold. And well it deserved its name, for, [174]. Old Stone Model of Sachsahuamdn 5*sr!ir?7J?
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