THE PRIMEVAL MONUMENTS OF PERU. 11 
sea, and fenced in with high mountains and rey deserts, 
with those of the other continent.* 
Peru has many examples of that kind of stone structures 
called Cyclopean, in which stones a xe — and sizes are 
fitted accurately 
together, with- ] To 
out cement, so A ' 
as to form a iM 
solid whole. 1 
The great Inca 
fortress of the 
Sacsahuaman, 
dominating the 
city of Cuzco, 
the old Inca 
capital, is one 
of the most im- 
posing monu- 
ments of this- 
kind in America 
or the world, 
and claims to 
rank with the 
pyramids them- 
selves as an il- 
lustration of ES 
human power. * Pelasgic? tower, Alatri, Italy. (See foot note p. 8.) 
But apart from remains of this kind, which characterize 
comparatively late eras, we find remains of similar design, 
often imposing, but rude, and on the stones of which we 
look in vain for the traces of tools of any kind. In con- 
* Cre to have been under discussion in the 
cede vise of London during the past mem (1869). Mr. Hodder M. West- 
ropp, while indicating their wide range from Etruria to Malabar, from the steppes of ' 
Tartary, to the centre of Arabia, and from Scandinavia to the Pacific Islands, insisted 
i e form 
hase 
o have supported his views (of which I have only an abstract in 
