2o5 
INTERIOR 
OP THE 
HOUSE OF THE INCA AT CANNAK. 
PLATE XX. 
. LW a f ^ I T" 
This plate represents the plan and inside of the 
small buildingj whioh 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 Cayamb6, or from 
the thirteenth degree of north latitude to the 
equator, all bear the same character in the cut of 
the sfones, the shape of the doors, the symme- 
trical disposal of the niobes, and the total absence 
of exterior ornaments. This uniformily of con- 
struction is so great, that all the stations ( iamhos) 
along the high roads^ called, in the country, 
houses or palaces of the Inca, appear to have 
been copied from each other, Peruvian archi- 
