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the Incas^ without recognising the same type iii 
all the others that cover the ridge of the Andes, 
on an extent of more than four hundred and fifty 
leagues^ from a thousand to four thousand metres 
above the level of the ocean. It might be said, 
that a single architect constructed this great 
number of monuments, so strictly were this peo- 
ple of mountaineers attached to their domestic 
habits, their civil and religious institutions, and 
the form and distribution of their buildings. It 
will be easy in some future day to ascertain from 
the drawings contained in this work, 'whether 
buildings exist in Upper Canada, as the learned 
author of the Noticias Americanas asserts, which 
in the cut of their stones, the form of their doors 
and small niches, and the distribution of their 
apartments, display traces of the Peruvian style ; 
and this inquiry is so much the more interesting 
to those, who devote themselves to historical re- 
searches, as we know from sure testimony, that 
the Incas built the fortress of Cuzco after the 
model of the most ancient edifices of Tiahuana- 
co, situate in 17° 12' south latitude. 
The stone made use of for the house of Hu- 
ayna-Capac, mentioned by Cie 9 a=^ under the 
name of aposentos de Mulahaloy is a rock of 
volcanic origin, a burnt and spongy porphyry 
with basaltic basis. It was probably ejected by 
^ Chronica del Pcrii^ cap. 41 (cd» de 1554, p. 108). 
