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...long interval of silence has been due to important discoveries which our excavators have made near the site of Inca University, but which it has taken time to correlate and interpret. The result is an enlightening account of the refectories and outside caravansaries where the students ate their meals. Unbelievable as it may seem, it is an established fact of physiology that a man's mental capacity is vitally affected by his diet. From a survey of the restaurants, dining-halls, and food-shops in the vicinity, even in their present ruined condition, we can glean some significant facts about...
...first clue came when we unearthed a barren-looking, square brick building, somewhat resembling a prison, which was attached to the large club-building previously mentioned. The only ornaments on the walls were ideographs representing the famous Inca sport of Rolo. From this we gathered that the building had been a dining-hall for athletes. In the kitchen were found the remains of elaborate ovens, and neatly tabulated parchment list of food. These menus showed that the service here was of the best, and that the food was fit for the palates of royalty. In fact it seems to have...
...ordinary dining places were not so well provided. They ranged all the way from luxurious halls of marble to dark, narrow mud-huts. The most imposing one we took at first to be a great temple, but on closer inspection of the floor and walls we found stains of Inca coffee and condor-eggs, unaccountably thrown there by careless eaters. A number of these places, that seem to have been especially popular with the students, had curious Inca names over their portals, such as "Gualdophi" and "Karelos", which are untranslatable, but seem to have been proper names. "Gualdophi", strangely enough...
This cave had been closely blocked during the course of the ages, and when we entered we heard reverberating in it the echoes of strange Inca sounds that were the names of the dishes served there. It is a reasonable assumption that the custom was for each patron to shout aloud the name of his desired dish, and it would be hurled deftly out at him from an auxiliary cave in the rear. One peculiarity common to many of these food-shops was their small size; so small were most of them that there could scarcely have been room...
...found in a remarkable state of preservation, had its walls ornamented with gorgeous decorative tropical birds; another had scenes from rural life as ornaments. These places had individual names, such as "Cabaloqui"--(little pony), "Tanjuga", (a kind of pottery); and "Piaquiquu", the name of an eccentric character in Inca fiction. These establishments seem to have been patronized by a mixed clientele. Their food was reputed to be the best, but to judge from the handful of coins found near them, the prices corresponded. The student societies, which I have discovered elsewhere, also had their living rooms, but most of these...