﻿LIKE 
  THE 
  SYRINX 
  OF 
  THE 
  ANCIENTS. 
  123 
  

  

  early 
  ages 
  of 
  Babylonian 
  and 
  Egyptian 
  architecture. 
  The 
  great 
  pyramid 
  of 
  Cho- 
  

   lula 
  has 
  a 
  basis 
  1440 
  feet 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  or 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  the 
  great 
  pyramid 
  of 
  

   Giza 
  ; 
  but 
  its 
  height 
  is 
  only 
  164 
  English 
  feet. 
  It 
  is 
  built 
  in 
  four 
  stages, 
  and 
  had 
  

   a 
  small 
  temple 
  on 
  its 
  upper 
  platform, 
  while 
  the 
  interior 
  contained 
  sepulchral 
  

   chambers 
  ; 
  — 
  circumstances 
  which 
  still 
  farther 
  connect 
  this 
  American 
  temple 
  with 
  

   the 
  pyramids 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  and 
  the 
  Chaldean 
  monuments 
  described 
  by 
  Rich 
  and 
  

   others. 
  The 
  curious 
  and 
  systematic 
  mode 
  of 
  hieroglyphic 
  paintings 
  of 
  the 
  Mexi- 
  

   cans, 
  which 
  combined 
  natural 
  and 
  conventional 
  signs, 
  and, 
  according 
  to 
  Hum- 
  

   boldt, 
  also 
  phonetic 
  characters, 
  bears 
  a 
  striking 
  similarity 
  to 
  the 
  hieroglyphical 
  

   papyri 
  of 
  Egypt 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  unworthy 
  of 
  notice, 
  that 
  the 
  Mexican 
  MSS. 
  

   were 
  folded 
  up 
  zigzag 
  -wise, 
  or 
  something 
  like 
  a 
  fan, 
  — 
  precisely 
  almost 
  as 
  the 
  

   Siamese 
  papyri 
  MSS. 
  are 
  folded 
  to 
  this 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  singular 
  resemblance 
  between 
  the 
  institutions 
  of 
  the 
  Peruvian 
  lawgiver 
  

   Manco 
  Capac 
  and 
  the 
  systems 
  of 
  Hindostan, 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  overlooked 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  

   exaltation 
  of 
  a 
  theocracy, 
  drawing 
  its 
  descent 
  from 
  heaven 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  exaction 
  

   of 
  passive 
  obedience 
  to 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  this 
  theocracy, 
  who, 
  like 
  the 
  first 
  legislator 
  of 
  

   India, 
  traced 
  his 
  pedigree 
  to 
  the 
  sun 
  ; 
  the 
  same 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  into 
  castes. 
  

  

  The 
  Peruvians, 
  like 
  the 
  Hindoos, 
  were, 
  by 
  such 
  institutions, 
  trained 
  into 
  a 
  

   patient, 
  laborious, 
  little-intellectual 
  people; 
  and, 
  like 
  their 
  Asiatic 
  prototypes, 
  

   have 
  left 
  behind 
  astonishing 
  monuments 
  of 
  patient 
  industry 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  public 
  

   works. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  introduced 
  this 
  comparison 
  between 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  both 
  hemispheres, 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  shew 
  that 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  assume 
  too 
  much 
  in 
  supposing 
  an 
  instrument 
  in- 
  

   vented 
  by 
  the 
  ancient 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  hemisphere, 
  the 
  original 
  of 
  the 
  

   subject 
  of 
  this 
  paper,— 
  a 
  musical 
  instrument 
  of 
  stone 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  Htiaca, 
  or 
  sepul- 
  

   chral 
  tumulus, 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  covered 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  an 
  Inca 
  of 
  Peru. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  brought 
  from 
  South 
  America 
  by 
  my 
  friend 
  Joshua 
  Rawdon, 
  Esq. 
  

   He 
  received 
  it 
  from 
  General 
  Paroissien, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  England 
  of 
  French 
  extrac- 
  

   tion, 
  who 
  had 
  obtained 
  it 
  as 
  an 
  article 
  of 
  value 
  and 
  great 
  rarity 
  in 
  Peru. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  customary 
  with 
  the 
  natives 
  of 
  South 
  America 
  to 
  raise 
  large 
  tumuli 
  

   over 
  distinguished 
  men 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  were 
  buried 
  domestic 
  utensils 
  in 
  wood, 
  

   stone, 
  and 
  the 
  precious 
  metals, 
  often 
  with 
  very 
  considerable 
  treasures, 
  especially 
  in 
  

   Peru. 
  It 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  rich 
  Huacas 
  are 
  still 
  known 
  to 
  the 
  

   Peruvian 
  Indians, 
  either 
  from 
  tradition 
  or 
  from 
  some 
  species 
  of 
  record. 
  They 
  

   appear 
  to 
  consider 
  it 
  a 
  sacrilegious 
  act 
  for 
  one 
  of 
  themselves 
  to 
  violate 
  the 
  tomb 
  

   for 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  its 
  treasures 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  instance 
  of 
  their 
  re- 
  

   warding 
  an 
  European 
  for 
  kindness 
  done 
  them 
  by 
  revealing 
  where 
  he 
  may 
  dig 
  

   with 
  the 
  certainty 
  of 
  obtaining 
  a 
  golden 
  harvest. 
  The 
  vast 
  Huaca 
  near 
  Truxillo, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Plain 
  of 
  Chimu, 
  was 
  discovered 
  to 
  Juan 
  Gutierres 
  de 
  Toledo, 
  in 
  1576, 
  by 
  

   an 
  Indian, 
  and 
  the 
  bars 
  and 
  utensils 
  of 
  gold 
  it 
  yielded 
  to 
  the 
  fortunate 
  Spaniard 
  

   equalled 
  46,810 
  oz. 
  of 
  gold, 
  or 
  upwards 
  of 
  £181,288 
  sterling. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  

  

  