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fkins, without pillows or any thing elfe •, and on thefe 

 they deep, in their ufual fquatting pofture : and a^ 

 they never undrefs, appear always in the fame garb. 



Though the Indian women breed fowl and other 

 domeftic animals in their cottages, they never e^ 

 them: and even conceive fuch a fondnefs for them, 

 that they will not even fell them, much lefs kill them 

 with their own hands ; fo that if a ftranger, who is 

 obliged to pafs the night in one of their cottages, of- 

 fers ever fo much money for a fowl, they refufe to 

 part with it, and he finds himfeif under a neceffity of 

 killing the fowl himfeif. At this his landlady flirieks, 

 diffolves in tears, and wrings her hands, as if it had 

 been an only fon ; till, feeing the mifchief pail reme- 

 dy, file wipes her eyes, and cjuietly takes what the 

 traveller offers her. 



Many of them in their journies take their whole 

 family with them-, the women carrying on their 

 Ihoulders fuch children as are unable to walk. The 

 cottages in the mean time are fhut up ; and there 

 being no furniture to lofe, a firing, or thong of lea- 

 ther, ferves for a lock : their animals, if the journey 

 is to lail for feveral days, they carry to the cottage 

 of fome neighbour or acquaintance : if otherwile, their 

 curs are left guardians of the whole ; and thefe dif- 

 charge their trull with fuch care, that they will fly at 

 any one, except their matters, who offers to come near 

 the cottage. And here it is worth obferving, that 

 dogs bred by Spaniards and Meftizos have fuch a 

 hatred to the Indians, that, if one of them approaches 

 a houfe where he is not very well known, they fall 

 upon him, and, if not called off, tear him to pieces : 

 on the other hand, the dogs of Indian breed are 

 animated with the fame rage againft the Spaniards 

 and Meftizos ; and^ like the former, fcent them at a 

 jdiftance. 



The Indians, except thofe brought up in cities 

 or towns, fpeak no language but their own, called 



Qiiichua^ 



