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fingat the firft fight , refembling perfectly the fafliion 

 ofapavilion,or of a fugarloafe. It exceedes all other 

 hillcs and mountaines about it in height. The way 

 whereby they afcend,isvery rough andvrteven, and 

 yet they go vpon horfe-backe. It is round at the top, & 

 at the Jbote Jt hath a league in circuite. Itcontaines 

 From the toppetb the hot tome i68o.jCQmmon yardes> 

 the which reduced to the meafure of Spanifh leagues, 

 makes a quartero fa league. Atthefooteofthismoun- 

 tame there is another fmall hill that rifeth out of it , in 

 the which there hathbeenefbmetimes mines ofmet- 

 tajl difpearfed , which were found as it were in purfes, 

 and not in fixed or continued veines yet were they ve 

 ry rich, though few in number. This fmall rocke was 

 called by the Indians Guayna Potozi, which is yong Pt- 

 tofyi at thefoote whereof beginnesthe dwellings of 

 the Spaniards and Indians , which are come to the ri 

 ches and worke ofPetozi , which dwelling may con- 

 taine fome two leagues in circuitc,and the greateft feraf- 

 ficke and commerce of all Pert* is in this place. The 

 mines of this mountaine were not digged nor difcove- 

 red in the time of their Inguas, which were the Lordes 

 of Pern^ before theSpaniardes entrcd , although they 

 had digged and opened the minespf Porco , neere to 

 Potofy, diftant onely fixe leagues. Thereafbn might be 

 the want of knowledge thereof, although fomc do re 

 port I know not what fable , that having fbmetimes la 

 boured to open thofe mines , a voyce was heard,com- 

 maunding them not to touch it, being referved for o- 

 thers. In truetlvthey had no knowledge ofPotozi, nor 

 of the wealth thereof, till after twelve yeeres that the 

 Spaniards were entred into Pent, theHIfco very where 

 of was made in this manner. 



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