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dred. Outside of the rooms there \Vere gardens,

shrines and other compartments accord to do–

mestic custom. The entranc.e opened on the street

of Capchi where is seen a superb rounded corn r

similar to that of the Street of the Triumph.

In the little street of Loreto is an extensive

wall o.f the famous house of the Native Venus, a

piece of exceptionally de.Iicate architecture, the

stones being in the

orm of pillows.

The convent of Santa Oatalina today stands upon

the ruins of Acllahuasi.

Second : Pucamarca: In the block surround–

ded by the streets of Santa Catalina Ancha, San

Agustín and Ma-rure are the ruins of the ancient

edifice nown

as Puca arca, said to ave been

the resi enee o Tupac Inca upanqui. At the

inters cbon o the s r et o

gustín and

Marure

there

an_other o nd-ed corner, admira–

bly executed. Tlre alls

hich

still

stand upon

the street o Marure are of notably regular ·mat–

hematioal design.

Third: Amarucancha. In front of the walls

of Accláhuasi, or rather, to the left side of the

street of Loreto, are the ruins o.f the great Inca

edifice Amarucancha, residence of Huayna–

Capac. The outer portion of the wall has remains

of entrances, and the interior, which is today the

public market, contains the typ:cal recesses

which served

or the keeping of fetiches and

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