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to the genius of evil, and sent the sage and vir- 

 tuous Manco, with the fair Oella-huaco, his 

 sister an.d spouse, to redeem them from these 

 abject and disgraceful superstitions. 



Whilst Manco taught them to plough, to 

 sow, and to irrigate the fields, Oello in- 

 structed the female population to spin, to card 

 wool, and to clothe themselves. To the gift of 

 arts, these founders of a new civilized nation, 

 added the gift of laws and religion. The wor- 

 ship of the sun, founded upon a principle of 

 gratitude, was the soul of all their institutions. 

 The altars erected to lions and tigers were 

 destroyed, the chase abandoned, the earth culti- 

 vated, and Peru turned from a wilderness into 

 a garden. I regret that my time, and the state 

 of the country together, will prevent me from 

 visiting the remains of the cities and palaces 

 built by the Incas. Vestiges of the civilization 



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