Peruvian Mummies and Sepulchral Ornaments. ^q-j 



and bricks, those of Pachacamac seem to have been almost en- 

 tirely built of stone hewn into the shape of tiles. So much of 

 the wall as still remains is very strong and solid. According 

 to tradition the walls of ancient Pachacamac once stretched 

 as far as Cuzco, 240 miles distant E. N. E. ! 



The proprietor of the sugar plantation in the Lurin valley 

 told me that he himself, about ten years previous, had seen 

 mummies disinterred in the neighbourhood of Pachacamdc, 

 in the mouths of which were gold ornaments, while various 

 objects were buried with them, such as small idols of gold 

 and silver, staffs with golden buttons, earthen jars and vessels 

 filled with Chicha (the well-known favourite intoxicating 

 drink of the Indians), and fruits, the Chicha and fruits having 

 remained in a wonderful state of preservation.* 



On our way back to Chorillos we passed tlie beautifully 

 situate village of Susco, environed with neat country-houses, 

 which was a favourite summer retreat of the inhabitants of 

 Lima, before Chorillos reached its present development. At 

 present Susco is dreary and forsaken-looking. 



AVlien I reached Lima on my return from this interesting 



* In Canete, an Indian village of 9000 inhabitanls, 60 English miles from Lurin, 

 there are also numerous Peru^^an architectural memorials, as also an antique temple 

 of idols, which have never been carefully examined. On my return to Lima, T was 

 shown the mummy of a very young child, which Don Juan Quiros, deputy from the 

 province of Canete, had brought to the capital with him from his own home. The 

 little corpse, quite mummified, lay in a beautiful, neatly-plaited little basket, and was 

 swathed in layers of fine variegated cloth. On both sides lay toys of various kinds, 

 attesting not alone the tenderness of the mother for her dead offspring, but also 

 that a high degree of artistic taste and finish had been attained. 



