288 LLAMAS. 



LIB. iv. I nnej being much afflicted with paine in mine eies, thinking 

 they would fall out, the which dooth commonly happen in 

 those partes, for that they passe thorow places covered 

 with snow, which is the cause of this accident, 1 being 

 troubled with this paine, and out of patience, there came 

 an Indian woman, which said to me, &quot; Father, lay this to 

 thine eies, and thou shalt be cured&quot;. It was a peece of the 

 flesh of vicunas, newly killed and all bloody. I vsed 

 this medicine, and presently the pain ceased, and soone 

 after went quite away. Besides these Chacus, which is 

 the most common manner of hunting at the Indies, they 

 have vsed another more private to take them, which is, that 

 comming neere, they do cast certaine lines with plummets of 

 lead, which entangle their legges, so as they cannot runne, 

 and by this means they take the vicuna. The chiefe reason 

 W 7 hy this beast is esteemed is, by reason of the bezoars stone 

 they fmde in them, whereof we will intreate heereafter. 

 There is another kinde of beasts, which they call tarugas, 3 

 which likewise are wilde, and more nimble than the vi- 

 cuiias. They are greater of body, and more hote. They 

 have soft eares and hanging : they goe not in troups as the 

 vicunas. I have not scene them but alone, and most 

 commonly in high places. They also drawe bezoars stones 

 from these tarugas, which arc greater, and have more 

 operation and vertue. 



CHAP. XLI. Of Pacos, Huanacos, and Sheep of Peru. 



There is nothing at Peru of greater riches and profit 



than the cattell of the country, which our men call Indian 



sheep, and the Indians in their generall language call them 



Llama. For all things well considered, it is a beast of the 



1 Snow blindness. 2 Tarnca, a deer. C crvits anfifticiisix. 



