Quichua farmers raise sheep, cattle, and pigs instead of the llamas of olden times, 

 cattle from straying by means of fences of mud, there being a great scarcity of timber 



They keep their 



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In the olden time wlien subjects of the Inca rulers were called together from widespread parts of 

 the kingdom to enjoy a feast, they were expected to wear as a means of identification, blankets woven at 

 their native place in a certain pattern and coloring. These patterns have persisted until the present, 

 blankets of various localities differing widely from one another. This specimen (5 ft. 8 in. by 4 ft. 7 in.), 

 from Cghilka near Sucre, is woven in green, red, orange, pink, and white 



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