The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . hes are found everywhere,but only the two middle apartments of the central sectionhave tall and ornate recesses. These two apartments must,therefore, have served for some special purpose. The wallsare of very unequal thickness, varying between two and eightfeet. Their height also is unequal now, owing to decay, still wefound cornices at an elevation of thirteen feet. The corniceconsists of three slabs successively overlapping or project-ing, and together two and a half feet thick. In anotherplace, a lower story, eleven and a half feet high, is c
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . hes are found everywhere,but only the two middle apartments of the central sectionhave tall and ornate recesses. These two apartments must,therefore, have served for some special purpose. The wallsare of very unequal thickness, varying between two and eightfeet. Their height also is unequal now, owing to decay, still wefound cornices at an elevation of thirteen feet. The corniceconsists of three slabs successively overlapping or project-ing, and together two and a half feet thick. In anotherplace, a lower story, eleven and a half feet high, is crownedby a wall of six feet, making the total elevation seventeenand a half feet. It looks as if most, though probably notall, of the building had been two stories, thus makingInak-Uyu the largest single building on either of the twoIslands, as far as can be seen. In the whole structure we noticed a single tiny airhole,and that was connected with a very elaborate niche in theshape of a lozenge, similar to the niches near the Pilco- c3o Ph !>. THE RUINS ON THE ISLAND OP KOATI 265 Kayma. Lozenge-shaped recesses are in all three fagadesof Inak-Uyu, and they increase the ornamental effect. Un-less there were openings in the npper story, of which thereis now no trace, the rooms of Inak-Uyn (except the twofront ones) must have been as dark as any on Titicaca. Wefound no communication of any kind from the lower storyto the upper. Adjoining a corner of the central part, thereis a small structure on a lower level, descent to which is bya flight of four steps three and a half feet deep. West of itare walls indicating either rooms or small enclosures. Theformer seems more probable, and it is also possible that aportion of the space between the rear wall and the andenwas built over. At least we noticed a row of slabs set in thewall at five and one half feet above the ground, and at oneend of them a beam protruded. The slabs project about sixinches, and between every two of them is inser
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