H&orie ofthefadies. 



it followes therefore that this worlde ioy nes with the 

 new in fbme part: by which thefebcafts might pafle, 

 and foby little aftd little multiplied this world. The li 

 ons which I have fecne, are not red, neither have they 

 fuchhaireas they vfually paint them with. They arc 

 grey, and not fo furious as they feemc in pidures. The 

 Indians aiTcmble in troupes to hunt the lion, and make 

 as it were a circlc 3 which they do call Chtco, wherewith 

 they inviron them, and after they kil them with (tones, 

 ftaves, and other weapons. Thcfe lions vfe to clirnbe 

 trees, where being mounted, the Indians kil them with 

 launccs and croflcbowes, but more eafily with harquc- 

 buzes. The Tygres are more fierce and cruell, and are 

 more dangerous to mecte, becaufc they breake foorth 

 and aflailc men in treafon : They arc fpotted>as the Hi- 

 ftoriographcrs defcribe them.I have heard fbme report 

 that thcfe Tygres were very fierce againft the Indians, 

 yet would they not adventure at all vppon the Spani 

 ards, or very little- and that they would choofean JW/- 

 an in the middeft of many Spaniardcs, and carry him 

 away. 



The Bcares which in Cufco they call Otoioncos, be of 

 thefamekinde that ours are, andkeepein the ground. 

 There arc few fivarmes of Bees , for that their honnic- 

 combes arc found in trees, or vnder the ground , and 

 notinhivesasinCf#///<r. Thehonny comhes which I 

 have fecne in the Province of Chares , which they call 

 Chiguanas, are of a grey colour,having little iuyce,and 

 are more like vnto fweete ftravve, than to hony combs. ^ 

 They fay the Bees arelitle, like vnto flies-and that they ] 

 fwarme vnder the earth. The hony is fharp and black/ 

 yet in fbme places there is better , and the combes bet- 

 ter&ihioned, as in the province ofTwuntM in chffe, 



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