sunrise or very soon after. On one im- 

 portant peak, at an elevation of 15,157 

 feet, that was too difficult to climb in the 

 dark, I remained out over night ; but the 

 discomfort and risk was so great that I 

 decided not to do it again. 



"My usual program of work in this 

 region was to get started from camp 

 early enough to go as far as was safe in 

 the dark, and the rest of the way to my 

 point in the morning twilight, which in 

 these low latitudes is very short. Then 

 there would be a desperate uphill race 

 between the clouds and me, and the 

 clouds usually won the race ! I want to 

 say that this racing uphill at altitudes 

 around 14,000 to 16,000 feet, frequently 

 carrying instruments, with the almost cer- 

 tain knowledge that the clouds would get 

 there first, and the knowdedge that if 

 they did another valuable day would be 

 lost, is an experience that, if oft repeated, 

 will have a decidedly dampening effect 

 on one's ardor for topographic surveying. 

 AA^hen I was so fortunate as to win the 

 race and see that I would have a few 

 minutes, or perhaps an hour, to work, I 

 would get my location and elevation by 

 regular plane-table methods and get lines 

 and vertical angles to the most important 

 points. 



"Then I would take a series of photo- 

 graphs around the horizon, with the 

 camera set on the leveled plane-table. In 

 m}^ photographic record I noted the di- 

 rection of camera by measuring angle, 

 with a protractor between it and a true 

 meridian drawn on the plane-table sheet. 

 From these photographs I hope to be 

 able to fill in much of the detail that it 

 was impossible to sketch in the limited 

 time before everything was obscured by 

 fog. When weather permitted, I went 

 ahead with detail sketching by ordinary 

 methods." 



A second topographic party, under the 

 leadership of Mr. E. L. Anderson, cov- 

 ered during the field season of 1914 a 

 large unexplored area between Mt. Sal- 

 cantay and the Huarocondo Valley. In 

 this region was found the interesting 

 fortress of Huata and a considerable 

 number of other ruins that have not hith- 

 erto been reported, and which ought to be 

 carefully studied some time in the future. 

 Mr. Anderson's party covered altogether 

 about 400 square miles, of wdiich 120 



THE DESIGN ON ANOTHER HANDLE OF 

 THESE LADEES 



Which intimates that the ancient Incas had a 

 sense of humor and a lively imagination in 

 art. 



THE MOST CHARMING AND LlEEEIKE REP- 

 RESENTATION OF AN ANI:MAL''S HEAD 

 FOUND AT MACHU PICCHU 



It appears to be one handle of a deep two- 

 handled dish and seems to represent a baby 

 llama. The modeling and the spirit in which 

 it is worked out are most delightful. 



were southwest of Cuzco, near Paccari- 

 tampu, which has long been [erroneous- 

 ly?] supposed to be the site of Tampu- 

 tocco, the windowed tavern from which 

 the Incas came to Cuzco. 



During the season of 1914 several in- 

 teresting archeological finds were made, 

 including some small wooden and bronze 

 artifacts at the edge of a glacier, 16,000 

 feet above sea-level, which would seem 

 to indicate that some Inca had been 

 buried or lost on the ice. 



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