jjflomtments of America, 



PICTURESQUE VIEWS 



CORDILLERAS. 



The monuments of nations, from which we are 

 separated by a long interval of ages, are calcu- 

 lated to fix our attention in two distinct points 

 of view. The works of art, belonging to a 

 people highly advanced in civilization, excite 

 our admiration by the harmony and beauty of 

 their forms, and by the genius with which they 

 are conceived. The bust of Alexander, found in 

 the garden of the Pisoes, would be esteemed a 

 valuable relic of antiquity, although no inscrip- 

 tion indicated the features of the conqueror of 

 Arbela. An engraved stone, or a medal of the 

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