

had great frprrftitions in choofing the hearts forfkri- 

 fices, of what colour they fhould be , according to the 

 diverfiticof feafonsandfacrifices. Their flefli is good, 

 although it be hard, but that of their Lambs is the bet- 

 ter, and the moft delicate that can bee eaten : yet they 

 eate not many,for that the chiefe fruite and profit they 

 y ielde, is their wooll, to make clothes 5 and their (ervicc 

 to carry burdens.The/W/ww make fluffs of this wooll 

 wherewith they clothe themfelves,the one is grofe and 

 common , which they call Hanaca , and the other fine 

 and delicate which they call Cumbi /they make car 

 pets and coverings, and other exquifite workes, which 

 laft long, and have a very faire luftrejike halfe filke:and 

 that which is moft rare, is their maner of weaving their 

 workes, being both fides alike, fo as you fhall not find 

 any end in a whole peece. The \ngua. king of Peru had 

 many chiefe workemcn, to make this vvorkc ofCum&i: 

 and the which, for the moft part , were rcfidentin the 

 Province GfCMftcBifii, ioyning to the great lake of Ti- 

 ticAco, . They die this wooll into diverfe fine colours, 

 withfundry kindes of hearbes, whereof they make ma 

 ny fortes of \vorkcs ; both courfe and fine. All the Indi- 

 A&SJ both men and women, \voorkein \hzSierre , arid 

 have their loomes in their hotifts , having noneedeto 

 bnyanyftuflxsfouthdr neceffary vfes . Oftheficfhof 

 thefc (lieepe they make Cufcbdrgut , or dried flefli, the 

 which will laft very long , whereof they make great ac- 

 compt. They are accuftomed to drive troupes of thefc 

 fheepe with burthens, and to go in bandes, three hun- 

 dred;five hundred,yea a thoufand in a company , with 

 wine, mays, coca, chuno, quicke-filver, and all other 

 kindes of marchandife, and of filver, which is the beft 

 of aH.They carry barres of filver from Potofy to Ariq*** 



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