ANTIQUITIES. 



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Fig. 10. 



It k said that 

 such idols were 

 not permitted 

 to be worship- 

 ped by the In- 

 cas. They are of 

 granite, found 

 among the An- 

 des — not from 

 the Cordilleras. 

 In Peru and Bo- 

 livia, the Cor- 

 dilleras are not 

 interrupted by 

 water - courses, 

 but are the di- 

 viding lines be- 

 tween the At- 

 lantic and the 

 Pacific water- 

 sheds; while the 

 Andes chain is 

 cut in many 

 places by the 

 streams flow- 

 ing to the east- 

 ward. 



Fig. 40. 



Fxg. 11. 



Figure 11 is of granite, bird like in shape. It might have been 

 made for the head of a war-club or slung stone. 



