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behold their Deity as he appeared in the east. They called the man 

 » Manco Capac and Inca ; they loved and worshipped him as a descendant 



of the sun. The woman they called Coya Mama. 



Manco Capac reigned many years, during which time he and his wife 

 taught the Indians from the Apurimac river on the west to the Por- 

 eotambo river on the east; south from Cuzco to Lake Titicaca, and 

 north to where the Apurimac empties into the Santa Ana. 



The moon was worshipped as the sister and wife of the sun, and 

 believed to be the mother of Manco Capac ; the evening star, Venus, 

 was considered the attendant of the sun. They respected the cluster of 

 "seven stars," because they were called maids to the mother moon. 



They had certain forms of worship and prayers which were made 

 through lightning, thunder, and the rainbow. 



Manco Capac was kind and gentle in disposition, and the Indians 

 loved and obeyed him. He laid the foundation of great changes in the 

 manners of the aborigines, founded a church and a nation. 



I was permitted to make sketches of some curious things, the works 

 of the ancient Peruvians, from collections preserved in private families, 

 who value their little museums very highly ; they seldom give away a 

 specimen, but are anxious to receive anything in addition. 



Fig. 1. 



Figure 1 represents mason-work. 



