tilled, but now lie vvafte . It brings forth a great aboun- 

 danceofreedes , which the Indians call Totora, which 

 ferves them to a thoufand vfes-for it is meare forfwine, 

 for horfes, and for men , they make houfes therewith, 

 fire and barkes. To conclude, the Pros in this their 7V- 

 tora finde all they have needeof . Thefe Vros be fiich 

 dull and brutifh people,as they efteeme not themfelves 

 men. It is reported of them , that being demanded of 

 what nation they were? They anfwered,they were not 

 men, but Vros, as it were fome kinde of beaftes . There 

 are whole villages of thefe Tw inhabiting in the Lake 

 in their boates ofTotcra y the which are tied together 

 and fattened to fomc rocke , and often times the whole 

 village changeth from place to place. So as hee that 

 would feeke them now whereas they were yefterday, 

 (hall finde no (hew nor remainder of them, or of their 

 village.The current or iffue of this Lake, having runnc 

 above fifrie leagues, makes another Lake, butlefle then 

 the firft which they call Pan A, and containes in it fbme 

 fmall Hands, but they finde no iffue thereof. Some 

 imagine it runnes vnder the ground, & that it falles in 

 to the South fea 5 siving out, that there is a branch of a 

 river which they fee rife and enter into the fea neere the 

 banke,having no knowledge of the Spring. But con- 

 trariwife,! beleeve that the waters of this Lake, diflblve 

 and aredifpearfed within the Lakeitfelfe through the 

 heateoftheSunne. This difcourfe feemes fufficient to 

 prove, that the Ancients had no reafon to holde, that 

 the middle region was inhabitable for the defecft of 

 waters, feeing there is fuch f tore both from heaven and 

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