offtoncorwood . The bridge which feat this day vp-1 

 on the current of the great lake Chiqutito in CoHto is acfc 

 mirable, for thecourle of that water is fo decp,as they 

 can not fettle any foundation, and fo broade, that it-is 

 impoffible to mafcean arch to pafTe it : fo as it wasalto- 

 gether impofliblc to make a bridge eyther of wood or 

 ftonc. But the witand induftry of the Indians invented 

 a meanes to make a firmc and afTurcd bridge, being on 

 ly of ftrawe, which feemeth fabulous, yet is it very 

 true : For as we have faid before, they did bittde rogc- 

 ther certaine bundles of recdes, and wecdes, which do 

 grow in thelakc that they callTfew^, and bcingalight 

 ^ratter that finkes not in the water, they caft it vppon a 

 great quantity of reedes, thenhavingtycd thofebnn^ 

 dlesofweedes to either fide of the river, both men and 

 hearts goe over it with .eafe : paffing over this bridge! 

 have woondcrcd, tKat of fo common and eafie a thing; 

 they had n;ade abridge, better,' and more aflfured than 

 the bridge of boates from Seville to Triane. I have mea~- 

 fured the length of this bridge, and as Iremember, it 

 was above three hundred foote- and they fay that the 

 depth of this current is very grcatrand it feemes a^ove, 

 that the waiter hath no motion, yet they fay, that at the 

 bottome it hath a violent and very furious courfe. Atld 

 this fhallfufficcfor buildings. 



Of the Inguas revenues , 4 nd the order ofTribtit e$ 



t hey impofedvpon the Indians. 



CHAP. 15. 



THe IngHM riches was incomparable , for although 

 no king did inberite the riches and treafure of his 

 precleerflbvyet had he at coitimaund, all the riches of 



his 



