822 VOYAGE IM SEARCil 



Fig. 24. j filled with tubercles, which refembJeci 

 thofe of the roots of the fpecies of fun-flower 

 called heUanthus tnibeYoJus. They called theni 

 paouay telling us that they were good to eat, and 

 they readily confented to fell us a fmall quan- 

 tity of them. 



Seeing at thirty yards farther on a thick fmoke 

 ifTue from the middle of fome large rocks piled 

 up together, which afforded a very good fhelter 

 againft the wind, we directed our ft eps thither', 

 and we perceived a young favage employed in 

 roafling fome roots, among which I recog- 

 nifed thofe of the dolichos tuberojus. He ap- 

 peared not at all furprrfed at our vilit, and 

 fmiled at us from the bottom of his cave, which 

 was lilied with a very thick fmoke that fcarcely 

 feemed to incommode him. 



Prefently the fide of the mountain, interfered 

 by the torrents which pour down it in the rainy 

 feafon, exhibited to our view fome congeries 

 ci fine Jpicu]<e of green fchorl in a rather foft 

 fieatite, and lower down fome fmall fragments^ 

 of very tranfparent rock cryftal. 



In returning towards our fhips we pafied 

 through a little hamlet, the inhabitants of which 

 came out unarmed from their huts. They let 

 us examine the infide, and one of them made 

 no difllculty in fellmg us the human bones 

 whirh were fufpended above one of their tomb?^. 



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