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from Heavet^ The King of Spain having been convinced 

 of Salcedo's Innocence, reftored the Mine to his Son, with 

 fame Employments. 



It is not to be thought Orange, that the Indians fhould 

 be fo eKaft in keeping the Secret as to the Mines they know, 

 fince they are at the Trouble of fetching out the Ore, and 

 have no Advantage by it. It mud be own'd, that they 

 alone are fit for that Work, where the Blacks cannot be 

 employ'd, becaufe they all die. 



Thefe are robuft, and infinitely more hardy for Labour, 

 than the Spaniards, who look upon Bodily Labour as fcan- 

 dalous to a White Man. To be a Man of a white Face, is 

 a Dignity which exempts Europeans from working ; but, 

 on the other hand, they may, without any Difgrace, be 

 Pedlars, and carry Packs in the Streets. The Author of 

 Bleaks Geography was miftaken, when he faid, Vol. X. 

 that the Spaniards in the Mines muft make ufe of African 

 Blacks, or other Slaves, from the Eaft-Indies, which they 

 carry thither. Nothing is more remote from Truth, than 

 this Trade of Slaves from the Eajl-Indies. 



. It is pretended, that the Ufe of the Coca, that Herb fo Coca Herb: 

 famous in the Hiftories of Peru, adds much to the Strength 

 of the Indians. Others affirm, that they ufe Charms when,' 

 for Inftance, the Mine of Ore is too hard, they throw upon 

 it a Handful of that Herb chew'd, and immediately get 

 out the faid Ore with more Eafe, and in a greater Quan- 

 tity. Fifliermen alfo put fome of that Herb chew'd to their 

 Hook when they can take no Fifh, and they are faid to 

 have better Succefs thereupon. In fhort, they apply it to 

 fo many feveral Ufes, moft of them bad, that the Spaniards 

 generally believe it has none of thofe Effects, but by ver- 

 tue of a Compact the Indians have with the Devil. For 

 this Reafon, the Ufe of it is prohibited in the Northern 

 Part of Peru; and in the South it is allow'd in regard to 

 thofe who work in the Mines, and cannot fubfift without 

 it. Thofe pretended Charms, or perhaps, with more 

 Reafon, the Vertue of that Leaf, are the Caufe why the 



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