Htitorieoftbe Indies, lib.^. 295? 



OfBeaftsIx*ringwQoll>andofKme. CHAP. 33. - 



Ifindethere arc three kindes ofbeafts at ^ Indies f 

 whereof fome have been carried from ty^/jr* -others 

 areofthefamekindewe have in Europe, and yet not 

 carried by the Spaniardes$and others are proper to the 

 Indies, whereof there are none in Spawe. j Of the firfl 

 kinde are fheepc, kine ? goatcs,(\vine Jiorfes^rfTes.dogs, 

 cattcs and other fuch bcafts 5 for tHer^are"ofall thefe 

 kindes at the Indies. The fmaller cattell have greatly 

 multiplied, and if they could make profite of theit 

 woolls by (ending them into Ettrops,\t were oneof the 

 greateft riches the W/whad, for there the flockesof 

 ihecpc have great pafltires, whereas their feeding failes 

 not.In Peru there is fuch ftore ofpaftiires and feedings, 

 as no man hath any proper to himfelfe , but every man 

 feedes his troupes. where he pleafeth. For this reafon 

 there is commonly great (lore of flefh , and very good 

 cheapc,and all other things that come from flicepe,:as. 

 liiilke, andcheefe. For a time they loft their vtoolles, 

 vntillthatfome beganneto husband it, and to make 

 cloth and coverings , which hath beene a great hclpe 

 for the poorer fort of the countiie, for that the cloth of 

 C.AStilk is very deerc there. There are many Clothiers 

 in Pent, but more in new Spai&e , yet the cloth that 

 comes from Spaine, is farre better , whether the well 

 be more fine 5 ortheworke-mcnrnore expert. Infor 

 mer times there were men that did pofleffc threefcore. 

 and ten, yea, a hundred thbufand fheepe , and at this 

 day they have not many lefle. If this were in Europe^ 

 were a very great fubftance, but in that countrieicis 

 but a mcdne wealth. In many panes of the Indies, and 



