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could lie so accurately fitted to.u'etlier as scarcely t<> admit the insertion of the 

 point of a knife between them. INTany are indeed so well fitted that the joint 

 can hardly be discovered. And all this is the more wonderful as they had no 

 squares or levels to place on the stones and ascertain if they would lit together. 



Fig. 200. Carving of the massive rock in place by the ancient I'enivians. 



How often must they have taken up and put down the stones to ascertain if 

 the joints were perfect ! Nor had they cranes, or pulleys, or other machinery 

 whatever. . . . I'.ut what is most marvelous of the edifice is the incredible 

 size of the stones, and the astonisliing labor of briniiing them together and 

 placing tliem." 



1 Sqiiier, Teru : Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Laud of the lucas, pp. 

 468-469. 



