46S A VOYAGE TO Book VI, 



door not admitting of any other manner. And, as I 

 h^ave before obferved, that one of the principal tem- 

 pies was not far from hence, this v^as probably the 

 v.ery ftrudure. 



At the extremity of the plain which runs north- 

 ward from LatacLinga, are Hill feen the walls of 

 a Da lace of the yncas of Quito ; and is ftill called by 

 its ancient name Callo. At prefent it ferves for the 

 manfion-hpufe of a plantation belongjjig to the Au- 

 guftines at Quito. If it wants the beauty and gran- 

 deur which charadierife the works of the ancient 

 Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and other nations verfed 

 in the fine arts ; yet, if yve make proper allowance 

 for the rufticity of the Indians, and compare this 

 with their other buildings, the dignity of the prince 

 will be abundantly confpicuous, in the prodigious 

 magnitude of the materials, and the magnificence of 

 the (Irufture. You enter it through a paflage five or 

 fix toifes in length, leading into a court, round 

 which are three fpacious laloons, filling the |:hree 

 other fides of its fquares. Each of thefe faloons 

 has feveral cornpartments ; and behind that which 

 faces the entrance, are feveral fmall buildings, which 

 feem to have been offices, except one ; and this, from 

 the many divifions in it, was, in all probability, a me- 

 nagerie. Though the principal parts ftill continue, 

 the ancient work is fomething disfigured, dwellings 

 having been lately built among t)iem, and alterations 

 made in the chief apartments. 



This palace is entirely of ilone, equal in hard- 

 nefs to flint ; and the colour almofi: black. They 

 are exceedingly well cut, and joined fo curioufiy that 

 the point of a knife, or even fp much as a piece of 

 the fineft paper, cannot be put betwixt them fo that 

 they only jhew the walls to be of difi^erent ftones; 

 and not one entire compofition ^ but no cement is 

 p,ercd viable. The fconcs ,without are all of a convej^ 



figure ; 



