102 Peruvian Antiquities . [January, 
rock; hence we infer they must have been brought from 
elsewhere. 
At Chavin de Huanta,” a town in the province of Huari, 
there are some ruins worthy of note. The entrance to them 
is by an alley-way 6 feet wide and 9 feet high, roofed over 
with sandstone partly dressed, of more than 12 feet in 
length. On each side there are rooms 12 feet wide, roofed 
by large pieces of sandstone feet thick and from 6 to 
9 feet wide. The walls of the rooms are 6 feet thick, and 
have some loopholes in them, probably for ventilation. In 
the floor of this passage there is a very narrow entrance to 
a subterranean passage that passes beneath the river to the 
other side. From this many huacos, stone drinking-vessels, 
instruments of copper and silver, and a skeleton of an 
Indian sitting, were taken. The greater part of these ruins 
were situated over aqueduCts. The bridge to these castles 
is made of three stones of dressed granite, 24 feet long, 
2 feet wide by ij thick. Some of the granite stones are 
covered with hieroglyphics. 
At Corralones, 24 miles from Arequipa, there are hiero- 
glyphics engraved on masses of granite, which appear as if 
painted with chalk. There are figures of men, llamas, 
circles, parallelograms, letters, as an R and an O, and even 
remains of a system of astronomy. 
At Huaytar, in the province of Castro Virreina, there is 
an edifice with the same engravings. 
At Nazca, in the province of lea, there are some wonder- 
ful ruins of aqueducts, 4 to 5 feet high and 3 feet wide, 
very straight, double-walled, of unfinished stone, flagged 
on top. 
At Quelap, not far from Chochapayas, there have lately 
been examined some extensive works. A wall of dressed 
stone, 560 feet wide, 3660 long, and 150 feet high. The 
lower part is solid. Another wall above this has 600 feet 
length, 500 width, and the same elevation of 150 feet. 
There are niches over both walls, 3 feet long, i|- wide and 
thick, containing the remains of those ancient inhabitants, 
some naked, others enveloped in shawls of cotton of dis- 
tinct colours and well embroidered. Their legs were doubled 
so that the knees touched the chin, and the arms were 
wound about the legs. The wall has three uncovered doors, 
the right side of each being semicircular, and the left an- 
gular. From the base an inclined plane ascends almost 
insensibly the 150 feet of elevation, having about midway a 
species of sentry-box in stone. In the upper part there is 
an ingenious hiding-place of dressed stone, having upon it 
