The earth and its inhabitants .. . the appearance of Stiibel andUhles great work.* * This work. Die Buinenstaette von Tiahuanaco im Iforfilande des jlllen Jrru, &c., von A. Stiibel undM. Vhle, Breslau, 1893, appeared too late to be consulted by M. Rocliis, who is eimsecjuently notresponsible fur the treatment of the Tiahuanaco ruins and associated questions in the Kuglishedition.—Ed. TOPUGEAPHY OF BOLIVIA. 381 COPACABANA CoROCORO. The Copacabana peninsula, north of Tiahuanaco, appears to have also beena sacred spot during the primitive period of Aymara civilisation, and its hallowedassociation
The earth and its inhabitants .. . the appearance of Stiibel andUhles great work.* * This work. Die Buinenstaette von Tiahuanaco im Iforfilande des jlllen Jrru, &c., von A. Stiibel undM. Vhle, Breslau, 1893, appeared too late to be consulted by M. Rocliis, who is eimsecjuently notresponsible fur the treatment of the Tiahuanaco ruins and associated questions in the Kuglishedition.—Ed. TOPUGEAPHY OF BOLIVIA. 381 COPACABANA CoROCORO. The Copacabana peninsula, north of Tiahuanaco, appears to have also beena sacred spot during the primitive period of Aymara civilisation, and its hallowedassociations have been preserved in the memory of the natives down to thepresent day. The local church contains a Virgeiicita rnilagrosisima, a mostmiraculous little Madonna, to which flock eager votaries, the sick and infirm,those in trouble, and especially gold-seekers prajing for some indications to guidethem to the rich lodes and placers. This word Copacahana, which is met as far Fig. 143.—CoPACABiKA 1:1,000, 18 Miles. north as Colombia, is not due to the old Quichua conquests, but to the widespreadfame of the Titicaca Virgin. The chief antiquities of the peninsula consist of flights of steps, terraces andseats carved in the live rock. The thermal waters known as the Incas Baths have been well preserved, with their three griffons and fish-tank. But on theneighbouring islet of Titicaca, or of the Sun, nothing now remains except tracksworn in the rock by the steps of pilgrims, and some fragments of walls andother shapeless ruins, nowhere presenting the imposing aspect of the cyclopicTiahuanaco structures. Here also a thermal spring still feeds other Incas 332 SOUTU AMEEICA—TQE ANDES BEGIONS. butlis, and iu the viciiiity is seen a grotto where, according to the nationallegend, Manco Capac dwelt before he issued forth to give laws to the Quichuaworld. On the little island of Coati, or the Moon, close to the east side ofthe Sun, stands the Palace of the Vestals,
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