iSo Mr. W AF6 RV Voyages, &c. 



ftiarp,and refembling thofe of anEagle.Thefe 

 Claws ftandabout two Inches above the divi- 

 sion of the Hoof 5 and they ferve him in 

 climbing Rocks, holding faft by whatever 

 they bear againft. His Fleih eats as like Mut- 

 ton as can be : He bears Wool of twelve or 

 fourteen Inches long upon the Belly 5* but 'tis 

 fhorter on the Back, (baggy, and but inclin- 

 ing to a Curl. Tis an innocent and very 

 ferviceable Beaft, fit for any Drudgery. 

 Of thefe we kilfd forty three 5 out of 

 the Maw of one of which I took thirteen 

 Bezoar-ftones, of which fome were ragged 

 and of feveral Forms 5 fome long, refem- 

 bling Coral * fome round, and fome Oval, 

 but all Green when taken out of the Maw: 

 Yet by long keeping they turn d of an Afti- 

 colour 3 and I have fome of them now by 

 me. 



The Spaniards told us, That thefe Crea-* 

 tures are extraordinarily ferviceable t to 

 them at the Mines of. Poto/i^ (which lie a 

 great way up in the Country) in bringing* 

 the Silver from thence to the Cities, that 

 lie toward the Sea s> between which Cities 

 and the Mines are fuch cragged Ways and 

 dangerous Precipices, that it were almoft 

 irnpoffibie for any Man, or any other Beaft 

 to carry it. But thefe Sheep being laden, 

 and led to the Precipies, their Matter leaves 

 them there to themfelves for above fixreen 

 Leagues 3 and never meets them till he himfelf 



has 



