"The current of water which passes through all the division of Cuntisuyu I have seen in the province of Quechua, which is part of that division, and censidered it an extraordinary work, and indeed surpassing the description and report which hath been made of it. But the Spaniards who were aliens and strangers, little regarded the convenience of these

works, either to serve themselves in the use of them, or to keep them in repair, nor yet to take so much notice of them as to mention them in their histories, but rather out of a scornful and disdaining humor, have suffered them to run

The same fate hath befallen into ruin, beyond all recovery.

the Aqueducts which the Indians made for watering their corn lands, of which two thirds at least are wholly destroyed, and none kept in repair, unless some few which are so useful that without them they cannot sustain themselves with bread,

nor with the necessary provisions of life. All which works

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are not so totally destroyed but that there still remain some ruins and appearances of them."

In describing the temple and gardens at Cusco. Garcilasso observes, " there were five fountains of water, which ran from divers places through pipes of gold. The cisterns were some of stone, and others of gold and silver in which they washed their sacrifices, as the solemnity of the festival required."

Fountains.

Artificial fountains and jets d'eau are of extreme antiquity ; they have been used for beautifying public grounds of cities, and have served the purpose of moderating the temperature of the air ; in these cases the water has been in