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The second of the surveys of archeological sites which our original 

 plans called for was that of the ruins of Pachacamac, a few minutes' 

 ride from Lima by automobile. Because they are near Lima these 

 ruins are perhaps better known to tourists than any others in the 

 coastal region of Peru. They are the remains of the pre-Inca temple 

 of the Creator-God Pachacamac and the Inca temple of the Sun 

 and the two villages built in connection with them, one of which was 

 used by the permanent residents of the place and the other by pil- 

 grims who are believed to have assembled at this shrine from all 

 parts of the empire. 



Flying at an altitude of 10,000 feet we mapped the ruins in a few 

 minutes. Then, going in by automobiles, we made numerous still 

 and motion pictures from the ground. 



WORK IN THE CUZCO REGION 



While we were making preliminary reconnaissance of the Colca 

 Valley, word came that a landing field had been prepared for us at 

 Cuzco. We decided that the work there had best be undertaken at 

 once before the rainy season set in in the sierra. 



On the flight to Cuzco we had our only serious mishap. We took 

 off from Arequipa on May 21. En route the two planes became 

 separated. I landed my ship, the Liina^ at the Cuzco field located at 

 Anta, a few miles from the city, on schedule ; but the photographic 

 ship, the Washington,, did not show up on time, and a 3-hour recon- 

 naissance flight back to the point where we separated failed to locate 

 her. At midnight, however, word came through from the Anda- 

 huaylas telegraph post that the missing ship had been landed on the 

 Huancabamba pampa about 90 miles west of Cuzco, and that, 

 although the crew was unhurt, a wing tip had been damaged. 



The following morning we flew the Lima from Cuzcoi to Anda- 

 huaylas, taking extra gas and repair materials. After an enforced 

 night on the pampa with a temperature but a few degrees above zero 

 we finally got both planes back to the Anta field. The damaged wing 

 was changed to the Lima so that the photographic ship might con- 

 tinue its work with two good wings. Then we attempted to take off 

 the Lima for a return flight to our home base where the wing could 

 be rebuilt. Unfortunately the field proved too small for the crippled 

 ship, which was so badly damaged at the take-off that we found it 

 inadvisable to attempt to repair it in Peru. 



Our work went on with the Washington, now forced to do all the 

 flying. Photographs were made from the air of various archeological 

 sites in the Cuzco region, among them Machu Picchu. These ruins 

 in the Urubamba Valley, " two days' hard journey " on the ground or 

 45 minutes by air from Cuzco, have been made known to the world 



