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veneration for that cult could not have been very strong. 

 A stroke from the pick during the process of excavation 

 broke a hole in the bottom of the vase. 



No. 13. Water-bottle found in the grave of an Indian 

 at La Troya, in the Province of Catamarca. — It is of the 

 same class as No. 12, but inferior in form ; doubtless it 

 belonged to one of the poorer families. The usual signs 

 being double, Sun worship must have predominated. 

 The date is about the time of the 3rd or 4th Inca. 



No. 14. Water-bottle of a smaller size, for hand or 

 table use, found in the grave of an Indian at La Troya, 

 (Province of Catamarca). — It is of the same class and 

 type as No. 13, and the same remarks apply to it. 



No. 15. Water-bottle found in an excavation at Copa- 

 cabana, in the Province of Catamarca, and doubtless 

 marking the site of an Indian grave. — It is difficult to 

 assign the period of this vase, but round the mouth or 

 opening there may be seen the ears, nose, feet, and tail of 

 an animal ; possibly it may represent a Hat, but it is more 

 likely that it is the Armadillo, referred to in the remarks 

 to No. 7. The form of the animal is better seen if the 

 bottom of the vase is held in the right hand out of the 

 perpendicular with mouth pointing towards the person 

 examining it. 



No. 16. Vase or l)asin found in an excavation in the 

 Province of Catamarca. — This object has lost its character, 

 having been used for a considerable time by a modern 

 family. The markings have been burnt off; probably it 

 belonged to a race of older date than the Incas. 



No. 17. Vase or basin found in the Province of 

 Catamarca. — It has no special cbaracter, the markings 

 being confused and inexplicable. 



No. 18. Vase or basin found in an excavation near to 

 the village of Helen, in the I^rovinre of Catamarca. — 



