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structures rising in the form of an amphitheatre. 

 The hill is divided into six terraces, each plat- 

 form of which is faced with hewn stone. Farther 

 on we find the baths of the Inca, of which I shall 

 give a more ample description in the Historical 

 Narrative of my Travels. We are surprised at 

 finding baths on an elevated plain, the springs of 

 which have scarcely a temperature from ten to 

 twelve degrees of the centigrade thermometer, 

 and where the air cools as low as six or eight 

 degrees. 



