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printed in Half Relief. There are no Hangings, but a- 

 bundance of fcurvy Pi&ures made by the Indians of CuZco* 

 In fine, there are neither Boarded nor Ston^ Floors, which 

 makes the Houfes damp, efpecially in Chili, where k rains 

 much in Winter. 



The comftion Materials for private Buildings are thofe 

 they call Adobes, that is, large Bricks, about two Foot 

 long, one in breadth/and 4 Inches thick, in Chili, and 

 fomewhat fmaller in Peru, becaufe it never rains there; 

 or elfe the Walls are of Clay ramm'd between two Planks, 

 which they call Tapias. That manner of Building was 

 ufed among the Romans, as may be feen in Vitruvius $ it 

 is not expenfive, becaufe the Soil is every where fit ior ma- 

 king of thofe Bricks, and yet it lafts Ages, as appears by the 

 Remains of Stru&ures and Forts, built by the Indians, 

 which have flood at leaft 200 Years. It is true, it is 

 not fo in regard to Rain, for they are obliged to cover 

 them in Winter, on the North-fide with Thatch, or Planks. 

 Thus they preferve them in Chili. The publick Stru&ures 

 are for the moft part made of burnt Bricks, and Stone. 

 At La Conception they have a greenifli fort of a foft Nature ; 

 at Santiago they have a Stone of a good Grain, dug half a 

 League North-Weft from the City ; at Coquimbo they have 

 a white Stone as light as a Pumice Stone ; at Callao and 

 Lima they have a Stone of good Grain brought 12 Leagues 

 by Land, full of Saltpetre, which makes it moulder,* tho' 

 otherwife very hard; the Mole of the Port made in 1694, 

 is built with it. There are in the Mountains Quarries of 

 the fine Lime-Stone, whereof Plaifter of Pan: is made ; 

 they only ufe it to make Soap, and to ft op Earthen Veifels. 

 All their Lime is made of Shells, whence it is that she fame 

 is only fit to whiten the Walls. 

 'jfrchiteftwe. As for their Tafte in Archite&ure, it muft be own'd 

 that the Churches in Lima are well built, as to the Cafe 

 ■ only, which is well proportion'd, lined with Pilafters, a- 

 dorn'd with Mouldings, and without carv'd Capitals, o- 

 ver which ait" beautiful Corniflies 3 and fine Vaults full 



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