Les îles de Titicaca et de Koati, illustrées . pour le sécher est tombé en morceaux. Nous ne savons pas combien d'individus ont été enterrés ensemble dans un kyste, et comme des artefacts, même pas un potscherd a été trouvé dans orabout les tombes. Mais la ressemblance des kystes à la Kasapata de thosat donne la couleur à la déclaration qu'ils wereInca inca inhumations. C'est un site isolé. La vue sur la Bolivianshore est vaste et sombre. L'île d'Apingiila, sur laquelle l'Inca reste est dit exister, et son voisin, Pampiti, où, il est allégué, Huayna Capac, le dernier des chefs de l'Inca, avant Atahualpa et Huascar, PER

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The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . to dry it fell to pieces. We do notknow how many individuals were buried together in a cyst, and as to artefacts, not even a potsherd was found in orabout the graves. But the resemblance of the cysts to thoseat Kasapata gives color to the statement that they wereInca burials. It is a lonely site. The view on the Bolivianshore is extensive and dismal. The Island of Apingiiila, on which Inca remains are said to exist, and its neighbor, Pampiti, where, it is alleged, Huayna Capac, the last of theInca head chiefs, previous to Atahualpa and Huascar, per-formed fearful human sacrifices, ®^ are seen from Sicuyuin a line with the longitudinal axis of Titicaca; and some-body told us that here Huayna Capac had taken the balsas Vr.T :fTA.i^? —inhn orf+ rjrl-TitrffM-!. ii)-.irr>^ .- .-.-Ti;-. ({JBOf son I Plate LVIArchitectural details from the Chiucana 1. Stoue steps on Incan-Taqui, or Inca path. 1, 2, 3. Doorways. 4, Small•window. 5, 6. Stone ceilings over room and passageway (see text). ANCIENT RUINS ON THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 229 to carry him over to Apingiiila and Pampiti.^^ ^Se none vero/ etc. If now we cast a retrospective glance at the cluster whichthe wall of Muro-kato and the andenes of Chucaripu dividefrom the remainder of the Island, we observe that it con-tained a greater number of single buildings than any of theothers attributed to the Inca, and also, probably, the mostextensive ones. I may be permitted to recapitulate theprincipal points contained in the foregoing description.From some point on the eastern side of Muro-kato a well-made road, or wide path, with steps, descended into a bot-tom at the southern base of the Sacred Rock, passing closeby a group of small buildings, each of one apartment only.The road then ascends to a level, on the eastern margin ofwhich the Sacred Rock stands. This level seems to havebeen surrounded by a wall outlining a terrace. Many an-cient votive offerings were disinterred here,

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