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greatest profite and least charge of any that I knowe : LlB - IV - 

 from them they drawe meate and clothing, as from the 

 sheepe of Spain. Moreover, they have the benefite to 

 carry all things they have neede of, vsing them to beare 

 their burthens; and they have no neede eyther of shooes 

 or saddles, nor yet of oates, but he serveth his maister for 

 nought, feeding on the grasse hee findes in the fieldes ; so 

 as God hath furnished them of sheepe and donkeys, and all 

 in one beast. And as it is a poore nation, so would hee in 

 this poynt free them from charge, for that there is much 

 pasture vpon the Sierra ; and this kinde of cattell hath 

 no neede of any other charge. There are two kindes of 

 these sheepe or Llamas, the one they call Pacos, 1 or sheepe 

 bearing wooll, and the others are bare, and have litle wooll, 

 so are they better for burthen : they are bigger than great 

 sheepe, and lesse than calves, they have a very long necke, 

 like to a camel, whereof they have good neede ; for, 

 being high of stature, they have need of a long necke, else 

 should they be deformed. They are of diverse colours, 

 some all white, others all blacke, some grey and some 

 spotted, which they call Moromoro. The Indians had great 

 superstitions in choosing the beasts for sacrifices, of what 

 colour they should be, according to the diversitie of seasons 

 and sacrifices. Their flesh is good, although it be hard, 

 but that of their lambs is the better, and the most delicate 

 that can bee eaten ; yet they eate not many, for that the 

 chiefe fruite and profit they yielde is their wooll, to make 

 clothes, and their service to carry burdens. The Indians 

 make stuffs of this wooll wherewith they clothe themselves, 

 the one is grose and common, which they call auasca, and 

 the other fine and delicate, which they call ccompi, they 

 make carpets and coverings, and other exquisite workes, 

 which last long, and have a very fair lustre, like halfe silke : 

 and that which is most rare, is their maner of weaving 



1 Alpaca. 



