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that it were almoft impoffible for any Man, or any 

 other Beaft to carry it. But thefe Sheep being la- 

 den, and led to the Precipices, their Matter leaves 

 them there to themfelves for above 16 Leagues, 

 and never meets them till he himfelf has alfo fetch'd 

 a Compafs about 57 Leagues round. This their 

 Surenefs of Foot confifts folely in their aforefaid 

 Claws, by which they hold themfelves fd faft upon 

 the leaft Footing, that they can go where no other 

 Beaft can. The Spaniards alfo inform'd us, that at 

 a City they named, which has no Water within a 

 League of it, thefe Beafts, being bred up to it* 

 Were wont to be laden with two Jars, like Panniers, 

 upon their Backs, and away they would go, with- 

 out Guide or Driver , and when they came to the 

 River, would lye down and rowl themfelves in the 

 Water until both the Jars were full, and then of 

 their own Accord, would return home with their 

 Water. The Spaniards added, that this Creaturei 

 will not nor can be forc'd to work after Day-light : 

 And we found them obftinate enough ; for wheri 

 once lain down, no Beating Ihould make them rife ; 

 but they would lie and make a whining or groaning, 

 though they were not tir'd, being but newly ta- 

 ken up. 



We Went from Mocha to the Continent, and kept 

 failing and touching along the Coaft of Cbili^ often 

 fending ourCanoas afhore, till we came to Copaya-£.bf66* 

 $0, in the LaL of about 26 S. We wanted Watei^ 

 and fo got afhore to fee if we could find the River 

 that bears the Name of the River of GopayapOi As 

 foon as we came afhore we afcended a Hill, in 

 hopes to defcry that River from the Top thereof 5 

 .but contrary to our Expectation, When we came to 

 the Top, we had yet another fteep and very high 

 Hill to climb, and another after that infomuch 

 that before we reaeh'dthe utmoft Heighth, I fainted 

 for want of Water : But refrefhing my felf with that 



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