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inside, differing in this respect from the edifices

in the eastern section _of the city.

South of the Street of Santa Teresa., that is,

in the Plaza of the Cabildo-the ancient CUSI–

PATA-are also Inca ruins, the most important

b'eing the

entrance .of the court of the police

station, -which opens on t.hat -side. This

i1s

admirable Inca entrance, almost perfectly pre–

served, and of the same style as the entrance of

the Silva House. The interior .of the house of

Señora de Polo, on Heladeros Street, the birth–

place of Garcilaso de la Vega (

1539),

also retains

fragments of very beautiful Inca walls.

Along the iert side of Marques street

ar<'

ound two magnificeJilt entnances. One serves

the

acade of

e commercial establishment of

'Lomellilni

Co.,

the

other the house of

the

~fon

h:sinos. It is neeessary to go inside these entrances

in order o understand the manner in which

they were closed by the _Incas, by means of hor–

izontal bars which fitted into openings made in

the

walls.

In the streets of San Bernardo, Qquera,

Plaza. of San Francisco, Avenue Santa Clara, etc.,

are ruins of walls of diff

e~ent

types, which are

worthy of note. On Santa Clara, in front of the

temple, and in the high part of the wall over–

looking the athletic field of \he College of Scien–

ces, the mouth of a canal carved in low relief

attracts much attention; it is believed by Dr. An-

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