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INTERIOR 



OP THE 



HOUSE OF THE INCA AT CANNAR. 



PLATE XX. 



This plate represents the plan and inside of the 

 small building, Which occupies the centre of the 

 esplanade in the citadel of Cannar, and which 

 M. La Condamine thought destined for a guard- 

 house. I sketched this drawing with the greater 

 exactness, because the remains of Peruvian 

 architecture scattered along the ridge of the 

 Cordilleras, from Cuzco to Cayamb£, or from 

 the thirteenth degree of north latitude to the 

 equator, all bear the same character in the cut of 

 the stones, the shape of the doors, the symme- 

 trical disposal of the niches, and the total absence 

 of exteric-r ornaments . This uniformity of con- 

 struction is so great, that all the stations (tambos ) 

 along the high roads, called, in the country, 

 houses or palaces of the Inca, appear to have 

 been copied from each other. Peruvian archi- 



