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In Pisacc are wonderful ruins of a different

character. Among the 1most prominent is the

observatory, or Intihuatana, where there

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ar.e

remains of ' the stone dial which indicated the

course of the sun and thereby served to form the

calendar and regulate the change of seasons.

These walls are formed of hewn stones

j

oined

in geometrical order. There 1are also ruins of

dwellings, entrances and stair\vays of great ar–

tistic as well as archreological value.

Leaving Ollantaytambo, -down the Uru–

bamba River- the tourist proceeds to MACHU–

PICCHU, an ancient city built u pon one of the

almost inaccessible spurs of the Andes. These

ruins are of equal or superior interest with any

of' those already describeü. In sp-ite of the des–

tructi n due t the passage of time, tbe elements,

and predafory mankind, hey are perhaps the

best prese e monuments of th,e period. There

still stand he ruins of forts, shrines, dwellings,

parks and streets wliich might be easily r·econs–

tructed, sinee

f

or the most

they retain their

original integrity. A magnificent description of

these ruins, illustrated with two hundred and

f'orty-four views_, has been published by the Na–

tional Geographic Society of Washington, D. C.

entit1ed "In the Márrvelous Land of

~erú"

by

Professor

H~ram

Bi,ngham (April,

1913).

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