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comes a waterfall : and here thou shall find a bridge 

 of three poles, or if it do not still exist thou shalt 

 put another in the most convenient place and pass 

 over it. And having gone on a little way in the 

 forest, seek out the hut which served to sleep in 

 or the remains of it. Having passed the night 

 there, go on thy way the following day through 

 the forest in the same direction, till thou reach 

 another deep dry ravine, across which thou must 

 throw a bridge and pass over it slowly and 

 cautiously, for the ravine is very deep ; that is, if 

 thou succeed not in finding the pass which exists. 

 Go forward and look for the signs of another 

 sleeping-place, which, I assure thee, thou canst not 

 fail to see in the fragments of pottery and other 

 marks, because the Indians are continually passing 

 along there. Go on thy way, and thou shalt see a 

 mountain which is all of margasitas (pyrites), the 

 which leave on thy left hand, and I warn thee that 

 thou must go round it in this fashion (9"". On 

 this side thou wilt find a pajonal (pasture) in a 

 small plain, which having crossed thou wilt come 

 on a canon between two hills, which is the Way of 

 the Inca. From thence as thou goest along thou 

 shalt see the entrance of the socabon (tunnel), 

 which is in the form of a church porch. Having 

 come through the canon and gone a good distance 

 beyond, thou wilt perceive a cascade which descends 

 from an offshoot of the Cerro Llanganati and runs 

 into a quaking-bog on the right hand ; and without 

 passing the stream in the said bog there is much 

 gold, so that putting in thy hand what thou shalt 

 gather at the bottom is grains of gold. To ascend 

 the mountain, leave the bog and go along to the 



