Chap. IV. AMERICA 4.15 



Table-clothes and Tapeftry, which on both fides isalike. The chiefeft Weavers 

 liv'd formerly at Cofachica^ near the great Lake Titicacu : They Dye their Wool with 

 the Juice of boyl'd Herbs. It feemsalfo ftrange to confider what Loads the fore- 

 mention'd Sheep carried, for befides all forts of Merchandife^they convey 'd the Silver 

 from Potofi to Arte a , a Way of fixty three Leagues 5 but in former times they 

 brought it as far again to Arequipa • and though they carried two thoufand Bars at 

 a time, amounting to above thirty thoufind Ducats, yet they had no other Guard 

 bucafew Herdfmen,whodrivingthcmflept with them in the Nights under the bare 

 Skie, yet loft none of their Riches, but when the bald Sheep cali'd Moromoros ,being 

 wearied with their Loads, (landing ftill, ftretch'd out their Necks, and looking on 

 their Drivers, on a fudden ran up into the Mountains, by which means the Silver 

 was oft-times loft,if they were not fuddenly fhot. The woolly Sheep Pacos have alfo 

 ftrange Tricks, for they often fall down under their Loads, and cannot be got up 

 again, but muft be let alone till they rife of themfelves. So foon as one of the 

 Sheep hath gotten the Mange (which the (Peruvians call T'ecaracbc,) they bury them 

 alive to prevent farther Infection. 



The antient Natives, though differing in Language and Cuftoms, yet went all theCttfto*$ 

 Appareird after the fame faflhion, the Men cover'd themfelves with a Shirt, which ©ftheamieitt 



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came down below their Knees, and over that a Cotton Cloak * the Women wore 

 woollen Coats down to their Ancles : Their Head-Ornaments were different ac- 

 cording to an inviolable Compact between the Natives of feveral Provinces- for 

 fome were wrought, fome plain, fome divers coloured Caps, with two, three, or 

 .no Feathers, according to the Cuftom of the Place : They were generally of a 

 middle Stature 5 but thofe that were near the EquinoElial Line leffcr. Their Hifto- ^ n » ^ 

 ries make mention alfo of Gyants, who formerly inhabited the Promontory Mtkum - 

 St. Helena, were each four times bigger than an ordinary Man, and fed not onely- 

 on the greatcft Sca-Monfters, butdevour'd each of them thirty (Peruvians at a Meal. 

 The Stone Images of thefe Gyants are at this day to be feen not far from Puerto 

 Viejo. They likewife kept for a longtime Annual Feaft-Days, on which they la- 

 mented the lofs of the Gyants, which (as they fay) was as followeth : 



A Youth glittering in glory like the Sun defcended from Heaven, and brcath'd 

 Fire, which rending the Rocks fo terrifi'd the Giants, that they fled into a deep 

 Cave, where they were all kill'd. 



Cornelius White'fleet relates, That Helvius, Governor of Puerto Vtejo, being ftirr'd £f^J^ 

 up by the Repart of the fore-mention'd Images, caus'd all the Graves to be broke thcGum*. 

 open, in fome of which he found Bones, which they fuppos'd to be Whale-Bones, 

 had not the Sculls manifefted the contrary. 



Concerning the original of the Kingdom of Peru the Natives give this Account Jj^JK^ 

 of it : That the moft antient Inhabitants flock'd together like wild Beads, with* *°»° f *** 

 out conftant Abodes, Cuftoms, Laws, or Governors, which falvagenefs is ftill re. 

 tain'd in many Parts, amongft the (Brajilians, Chunches, Chlruguanes, Jfcayungus, P'doco- 

 nens, moft of the Floridans, (linchemeco's, and others, which degenerate from all Hu- 

 manity. In time when fome kind of Government began to be obferv'd, it was ra. 

 ther Popular than Monarchical - ? yet generally thofe that were moft powerful, va- 

 liant and fubtile, bore the greateft fway : Amongft whom the firft that five Ages 

 fince Commanded over the Inhabitants of the Valley Cu[co y \^zsIngaroca, a fubtile 

 and politick Perfon, who built the Fort Pucora, Eaftward near the Foot of the 

 Mountain Andes, that fo he might bridle the People which inhabited in thofe 

 Parts between the Rivers, Moors, and Lakes, where the remainders of the Fort arc 

 to be feen at this day : Moreover, heconquer'd all the Countrey along the Sou- 

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