JEonuments of America, 



AND 



PICTURESQUE VIEWS 



OF THE 



CORDILLERAS. 



The monuments of nations, from which we are 

 separated by a long interval of ages, are calcu- 

 lated to fix our attention in two distinct points 

 of view. The works of art, belonging to a 

 people highly advanced in civilization, excite 

 our admiration by the harmony and beauty>f 

 their forms, and by the genius with which they 

 are conceived. The bust of Alexander, found in 

 the garden of the Pisoes, would be esteemed a 

 valuable relic of antiquity, although no inscrip- 

 tion indicated the features of the conqueror of 

 Arbela. An engraved stone, or a medal of the 

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