in tjiany places they could nortec the ioyn tes rand ma 

 ny of tbele ftones are fo big, that it wet e an incredible 

 thing,if one fhould not fee them.( At Tugvavacff,! di4 

 meafure a ftonc of thirty eight foote long,of eighteene 

 broade^and fix thicke. (And in the wall of the for trcflc 

 of C/*/?0 ? which is otMeallM , there areftones ofa get 

 ter bignes. And that which is moft ftrange,thefe ftones 

 |>eingnotciunorfquaredtoioyne, but contrariwife* 

 very vnequall one with another in forme and great- 

 nes,yetdid they ioync them together without ciment, 

 after an incredible maner. All this was done by the 

 fofee of men, who endured their labour with art invin 

 cible patience. Fortpioyneonc fton^ with- an other, 

 they were forced to Candle and trie many of them of- 

 ten> being vneven .' The Ingut ap^poynted every ycare 

 what numbers of people fliould labour in thefe ftones 

 and buildings, and the Indians made a divifion amon- 

 geft them, as of other things, (o as no man was opprefc 

 fed . Although thcfe buildings were great, yet were 

 they cctaimonly ill appoy nted and vnfit^ alm'oft like to 

 the Mcvfqurtes or buildings of the Barbarians. 

 1 They could make no arches in their edifices 5 nor 

 nfiorterorcymenttobuildethemwithall : when they 

 &w arches of wood built vpon the river of Xaura, the 

 bridge being Snifhed j and the wood broken downei 

 they -all beganne tb ( rurme away , fuppofing that the 

 bridge which was of ftbne fhould prefently fell ; but 

 when they found it toitand firme, and that the Spa- 

 niards : \veftt'On it/the Cirque {aide to his companions^ 

 Uis reafw'wtfkouldfervetheftmen ', whointruethfeeweio 

 be tkc children of the Sunn^ made were 



6freedes ; plaited 5 which they tied to the bankes with 

 great Ifakes/ for v thatthey coyld not make any bridges 

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