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YNGA-CHUNGANAj 



NEAR CANNAR. 



PLATE XIX. 



To the north of the ruins of Cannar rises a 

 chain of hills, the slope of which toward the 

 house of the Inca is very gentle, while it is 

 almost perpendicular on the side of the valley of 

 Gulan. According to the traditions among the 

 natives, this hill formed part of the gardens, that 

 surrounded the ancient Peruvian fortress. We 

 here found, as near the ravine of the Sun, a great 

 number of small pathways cut on the slope of a 

 rock, which is scarcely covered with vegetable 

 mould. 



Near Mexico, in the gardens of Chapoltepec, 

 the European traveller view6 with melancholy 

 feeling cypress trees *, the trunks of which are 

 more than sixteen metres in circumference; and 



* Cupressus disticha, L. 



