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which is three fcore and tenne leagues. I have often 

 w ondered to fee thefe troupes of fiieepe laden with, a 

 thoufandortwothoufind barresof filver , andmuch 

 m tre, which is above three hundred thoufand ducats, 

 w v hout any other guard o r elccrt than forne lndi<w!> 

 which ferve onely to guide thefe (heepe, and to lade 

 and vnlade them, or at themoft/omefew Spaniardes: 

 and they flecpe all night in the rhiddeft of the ficldes, 

 without other guarde : and yet in fo long a way and fo 

 weake a guarde, they never tinde want or lofTe of anie 

 thing in fo great a treafure of filver,fo fafe is the way in 

 Peru. The burthen which one of thefe fheepedooth 

 commonly carry ,is offoure or fixe arrobes: when their 

 voyage is long they goe not above two, three, or fotire 

 leagues at the moft on a day . Thofe that guide thofe %$* 

 troupes , have their ordinary lodgings, where they are 

 afliired to have water and pafture, and there they vn 

 lade and fet vppe their tents, making fire, and dreffiug 

 their meates, which is not painefull, although it be a 

 fleugmatikeand flowe manner of travell . When there 

 is but one dayes iourney,one of thefe flieepe will beare 

 eight arobes in weight, or more , and beares this bur 

 then eight or tenne leagues in a day, as the poore foul- 

 dicrs were wont to doe, when they marched through 

 Peru. This kinde of cattell delights moil in a cold air?, 

 and for this caufe they live vporr the Sierrc , and die in 

 the Law, by reafbn of the heate . Sometimes thefe 

 (heepe areall covered with ice and froft , and yet they 

 continue found and well. The bare fliecpc are pleafant 

 to behold, for they will (by vpon the way, raifing vppe 

 their neckes , and will looke vpon any one very wiftly, 

 and fo they remaineabng time, without mooving or 

 anyfhewoffcarc, which giveth occafion of laughter, 



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