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VOLUME FOURTEEN. 
Page 4. Mounds raised by men. In both i^mericas; 
it is a matter of inquiry, what was the intention of the 
natives, when they raised so many artificial hills, seve- 
ral of which appear to have served neither as tombs, 
nor watch-towers, nor the base of a temple. A cus- 
tom established in eastern Asia may throw some light 
on this important question. Two thousand three hun- 
dred years before our era, sacrifices were offered in 
China to the Supreme Being, Chan-ty, on four great 
mountains called the Four Yo. The sovereigns, find- 
ing it inconvenient to go thither in person, caused emi- 
nences representing these mountains to be erected by 
the hands of men, near their habitations. Voyage of 
Lord Macartney, vol. 1, page Iviii. Hager, Monument 
of Yu, 1802, p. 10. 
Page 10. Plain of Tapia, near Lican. That no er- 
roneous ideas may be entertained respecting the dress 
of the Indians of the province of Quito, I must here 
