RUINS OF TORONTOY
The man is seated on a carved rock, probably an altar
INCA IMPLEMENTS
We can do no better, in closing this account of the old Peruvian empire, than to quote from Mr. Prescott’s imperishable work, “The Conquest of Peru,” the following summary of the characteristics of Inca culture:
“Under the rule of the Incas, the meanest of the people enjoyed a far greater degree of personal comfort than was possessed by similar classes in other nations on the American continent—greater probably, than in feudal Europe. Under their scepter, the higher order of the state had made advances in many of the arts that belong to a cultivated community. By the well-sustained policy of the Incas, the rude tribes of the forest were gradually gathered within the folds of civilization, and of these materials was constructed a flourishing and populous empire, such as was to be found in no other part of America.”
INCA POTTERY AND INSTRUMENTS