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CHAKAN: 'l'he gr at Inka r rvoir
is
n1arvellous piece of work. Mr.
Stil
s, Engin
r
f
'l1he Foundation Company of
w York r nlly
xpress d his admiration for this most nota] le
~·
rk of pre-Columbian engineering. The anci
nt
P
ruvians utilized the physical accid nts of
th
ln nd
in
a very thorough
f
ashion. Th re is an
rnormou cave in Chakan. Th Inkas perforated
it
changing the course of
.a
nearby stream in
ar–
der that these currents should pass through this
cay
converted into a n1agnific nt reservoir,
"JJ
re hundred of Lhousands of litre· of v;·at
r
coulcl be tored and
i
tribute st bse uently by
an
ex en i
1
perf
et
o
a als which
ero .'e
th· _
en
i
e
sub- oi _f · e Ci y of Cuzco.
This serviGJ
as
djv©rted into othe hannels and
as a ooru uenue
G
1
zoo los the o portunity of
facílitating
it
anitary service.
KESWA
ANÚ
MESTIZO
NAMES
OF
STREETS: Leaving aside Spanish names of pla–
zas and streets, we shall enumerate sorne of those
" hich are undoubtedly
of
keswa origín,
as
wel1
as some which are characteristically metizo-com–
pounds.
1.
A
wajpifnta:
An
aUey (
kij j
lo)
to
the east
of
the temple of the Sun. The wreavers.
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