the Crown of Inca Land 338


Except as otherwise indicated the illustrations are from photographs
by the author.





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FIGURE

Sketch Map of Southern Peru.
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INCA LAND



CHAPTER I

Crossing the Desert

A kind friend in Bolivia once placed in my hands a copy of a most
interesting book by the late E. George Squier, entitled "Peru. Travel
and Exploration in the Land of the Incas." In that volume is a
marvelous picture of the Apurimac Valley. In the foreground is a