290 LLAMAS. 



LlB IY - their workes, being both sides alike, so as you shall not 

 find any end in a whole peece. The Ynca King of Peru 

 had many chiefe workmen, to make this worke of ccompi ; 

 and the which, for the most part, were resident in the 

 Province of Capachica, ioyning to the great lake of Titi- 

 caca. They dye this wooll into diverse fine colours, with 

 sundry kindes of hearbes, whereof they make many sortes 

 of workes, both coarse and fine. All the Indians, both 

 men and women, woorke in the Sierra, and have their 

 loomes in their houses, having no neede to buy any stuffes 

 for their necessary vses. Of the flesh of these sheepe they 

 make charqui, or dried flesh, the which will last very 

 long, whereof they make great accompt. They are accus 

 tomed to drive troupes of these sheepe with burthens, and 

 to go in bandes, three hundred, five hundred, yea, a thou 

 sand in a company, with wine, mays, coca, chunu, 1 quicke- 

 silver, and all other kindes of marchandise, and of silver, 

 which is the best of all. They carry barres of silver from 

 Potosi ^to Arica, which is three score and tenne leagues. 

 I have often wondered to see these troupes of sheepe laden 

 with a thousand or two thousand barres of silver, and much 

 more, which is above three hundred thousand ducats, with 

 out any other guard or escort than some Indians, which 

 serve onely to guide these sheepe, and to lade and vnlade 

 them, or at the most, some few Spaniardes ; and they sleepe 

 all night in the middest of the fieldes, without other 

 guarde ; and yet in so long a way and so weake a guarde, 

 they never finde want or losse of anie thing in so great a 

 treasure of silver, so safe is the way in Peru. The burthen 

 which one of these sheepe dooth commonly carry is of 

 six am.bas foure or sixe ari obas. When their voyage is long they goe 



is a hundred 



and fifty llo t above two, three, or foure leagues at the most on a day. 



pounds 



Those that guide those troupes have their fixed halting 



places, where they are assured to have water and pasture, 



1 Frozen Potatoes. 



