Hiftom of the Indies 



one alone, fbmetimes two, three, and foure. They are 

 very different in Ibrm^greatnefle and colour , for that 

 (bine are fmall like filberds, Sc leffe; others like walnu ts 5 

 fome like pigeons egges, and others as biggeas a hens 

 cggc: and I have feenefome as biggeas an orange $ in 

 forme Tome are round , others in fefhion like to lentils, 

 and many other formes.Foi 4 their colour, fom are black, 

 fome white, fome grey, darkegreene, and others, as if 

 they had beene guilded. It is no ccrtaineruletoiudgg 

 thebcftand moft fine by the colour or forme. All thefe 

 ftones are made and fafliioned ofdiverafilms and skins 

 one vpon another. In the province of Xaura and other 

 .provinces of Peru, they find thefe (tones in divers kinds 

 of beafts,both wild and tame,as in the Guanacos, Paces, 

 yicitgncsjx\& Taruguesfomc adde an other kind,which 

 they fay are wildegoates,which the Indians cdlCypris. 

 Thefe other kindcs of beaftes are very well knowen in 

 -Peru, whereof wee have already difcourfed .The Gua- 

 wcos or country (heepe, or P^^have commonly the 

 lefTer ftones,and blacke , neither are they fo much a{>- 

 frroovedforthevfcof Phyficke. They draw the gree 

 ted Bez^ar ftones from the Vicugnes, and they are grey, 

 or white, or of a darke greene, ivhich are helde for the 

 better. 



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t*xcllent ? whergprthere arc fome reafonable Bigge: 

 Ihey are commonly white, inclining to grey; and they 

 have the filmes commonly bigger and thicker than the 

 '.reft. 



They finde the Bezaar- flone equally both in male 

 and female. All hearts that ingender it^cfaavv the cuid T 

 and commonly feede vpon thcfnow anHTockes. The 

 Indians reporte& teach by tradition from their fathers 

 and Ancients, thatimhe province of Xwr*,. andin o- 



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