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at the Motion of thofe Bics of Wood and Cloth, that 

 they dare not go any farther ; fo that they pfefs together m 

 a Throng, and then the Indians kill them with Stones 

 made faft at the End of Leather-Thongs. If any Guanacd*? 

 happen to be with them, they leap over the Cords, and 

 Gnanaco's. then all the VicunncCs follow them : The Guanaco's are lar- 

 ger and more corpulent ; they are alfo callM P r ifcacha\r., 

 A Jpaques There is another Sort of Black Creatures like the Llama®,, 

 ufeful Crea> caU'j Alpaqiies, whofe Wool is extraordinary fine, but 

 their Legs arefhorter, and their Snout contracted, fo that 

 it has fome Refemblanee of a human Countenance. The 

 Indians make feveral ufes of thofe Creatures ; they make 

 them carry a Burden of about a hundred Weight ; their 

 Wool ferves to make Stuffs, Cords and Sacks - y their Bones 

 are ufed to make Weavers Utenfils ; and laftly, their Dung 

 ferves to make Fire to^drefs Meat, and to warm them. 

 Former trade Before the laft Wars, the Ar?nadilla y ov little Fleet, coinr 

 4 A*ica. pofed of fome Ships of the King's and of private Perfons, 

 reforted every Year to Arka y to bring thither the European 

 Commodities and Quick-filver for the Mines of la Paz, 

 Qmro, la Plata, ozChuquizaea y Potofi, and Lipes; and then 

 carry r d to-Umaxhc King's Plate,being the.Fiftllof what Me- 

 tal is drawn from the Mines ; but fince no more Galeons 

 eome to Portobelo, and the Frenchhwe carry'd on the Trade, 

 that Port has been the moft confiderable Mart of all the 

 Coaft, to which the Merchants of the five Towns above, 

 being the richeft in^ Mines, refort. It is true, that the Port 

 otCobija is nearer to Lipes m& Potofi, than Ay tea;, but be- 

 ing fo defart and barren, that there is nothing to? be had : 

 for Men or Mules to fubfift, they choofe rather to go fome 

 Leagues farther, and be fure to find what they want ; 

 befides that it is not a very difficult Matter for* them to 

 bring their Plate thither privately in the Mafs, and to com- 

 pound with the CorregidoreZ) or chief Magiftrates, to fave 

 gayiag the Eifth.to the Ki»g. 



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