the South-Sea. 2,73 



they call Condors y or Garments of Feathers with Wings, fa 

 well fitted, that at a Diftance they look like Birds. On 

 thofe Days they drink much, and have in a manner all 

 Sorts of Liberty. Being very dextrous at throwing Stones, 

 either with their Hands, or Slings, Wo be to them that 

 light of their Strokes on thofe Feftivals, and during their 

 Drunkennefs ; the Spaniards^ much dreaded among them, 

 are not then fafe: The Difcreeteft of them fliut themfelves 

 up in their Houfes, becaufe the Conclufion of thofe Fefti- 

 vals is always fatal to fome of them. Endeavours are con- 

 ftantly ufed to fupprefs thofe Feftivals; and they have of 

 late Years debarr'd them the Ufe of the Stage, on which 

 they reprefented the Death of the Inga. 



The Manner of the Indians Dwellings in the Mountain Indian 

 Country is lingular. They build their Houfes round, like Houfa ? 

 a Cone, or rather like our Glafs-Houfes, with fuch a low 

 Door, that there is no going in at it, without bowing quite 

 down,for the more Warmth. Wood being very fcarce there, 

 they burn nothing but the Dung of Mules^ Guanacos and 

 Llamas, when their Flocks are fufficient to furniflv them : 

 It is eafily gather'd, becaufe thofe Creatures, by natural 

 Inftin€t, go all to empty themfelves in one Place, near that 

 where they graze. For want of this Dung, they burn Icho 3 

 above fpoken of ; but that Plant not being lafting, they 

 have Earthen Furnaces, calFd Bkharras y fo contrived, that 

 putting in fome Handfuls now and then, they make feve-f^i%.G,E 

 ral Pots boil at once, as may be feen by the Plans and |^ ;c 

 Profile I here give, after the Manner of the Province of 

 Taram&i where it appears, that when they would have 

 only the third boil, they muft fill the firft and fecond with 

 Water, to the end that the Flame, finding the neareft Paf- 

 fages ftoppM, may be forced to extend to the third Pot. 



They generally ufe Earthen Ware, according to their Bmhm 

 ancient Cuftom, as appears by that which is found in thz mrc » 

 Tombs of the Ancients. I lighted on feverahsf their Vef- 

 fels, which may be feen in Plate XXXI. and among them 

 one that is in the Collection of Rarities of Monfieur de l& 



N n Falaife^ 



