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had the forehead and top of the head depressed. Eight of these were 

 obtained, and are now deposited at Washington. The bodies were 

 found enveloped in cloth of various qualities, and a variety in its 

 colours still existed. 



Various utensils and other articles were found, which seemed to 

 denote the occupation of the individual : wooden needles and weaving 

 utensils ; netting made in the usual style ; a sling ; cordage of different 

 kinds ; a sort of coarse basket ; fragments of pottery, and plated 

 stirrups. They also found various vegetable substances : husks ol 

 Indian corn, with ears of two varieties, one with the grain slightly 

 pointed, the other, the short and black variety, which is still very 

 commonly cultivated ; cotton seeds ; small bunches of wool ; gourd- 

 shells, with a square hole cut out, precisely as is done at present. 

 These furnished evidence of the style of the articles manufactured 

 before the arrival of the Spaniards, and of the cultivation of the vege- 

 table products ; when to these we add the native tuberous roots (among 

 them the potato) cultivated in the mountains, and the animals found 

 domesticated, viz., the llama, dog, and Guinea-pig, and the knowledge 

 of at least one metal, we may judge what has since been acquired. 



The embarkation of the party was attended with risk, but they all 

 got on board the Flying-Fish without accident. 



Mr. Knox also visited the island of Pachacamac, during the day, 

 but did not succeed in finding any graves. He obtained, however, 

 some interesting geological specimens. 



In a few hours they again reached the anchorage at Callao. 



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