The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

( 2 49) ~oyal Commentaries. B O O K VII. C HA P. l. Of ih~ Cólónies pla11ted hy the Incas, and of the two di/fe~ rent Languages in Peru. . ·1··- T ·WáS a cufrome amongíl: the !ne.u ro tranfplant che people from one Pre- vince to another, that is, from barren Lands and Counrries,, ro more . fruitfull and pleafant foils, whereby boch che góvernment was feGtired ftom rebellion, and che condition of che people advamaged by a happy and profitable exchange: In performance of which defign, the Incas had always a refpelt to the condition and quality of che people, and che temperature of the climate; tranfplancing chofe who had been born and bred in hot or cold Regions, into Councries of the fame degree, and equal temper of beiít and cold. Likewife in Provinces where the people mulciplied greatly, and were become roo numerous to be contained within che limits and compafs of ir'; then did they fubtralt from thence fuch a nµmber as mighc eafe the Province, and füpply chti want? of other places. The like was prattiíed in Collao, which is a Province of 1 20 Leagues in lengch, conraining feveral other Nations undet üs jurifdiltion: This Col.:mm:y being very cold, pr.oduced neither Mayz, which is Jpdian Wheat, nor Vchu, which is Red Pepper, and yet ic abounds with Pulíe, and ali forts of ldfer Grane, fuch as that they call P11pa and ~irHa, wh1ch do not grow in hot Counrries ; and is alfo rich in Flocks and Herds of Cartel. From all thofe cold Provinces chey tranfplanted great numbers of lndians to che Eaíl:ward, by che Mountaíns of Antis, and to the Weíl:ward along che Sea-coaíl:, where lyes- a vafr Cotintrey, containing many large and fruicfull Vallies, which produced Mayz and Red Pepper in great abundance, and which before che times of the IncM, for wánt of che Art and Knowledge of making Aquedults and Chanels for wacring the Furrows of cheir Land, lay wholly difpeopled and deferced. The Incan Kings having well confidernd the benefit of thefe improvehlehts, did frequently tranf- plartt tbeir people from the barren, to more comrhodious and happy foils; and for theirrefrefhment in chofe Plantacions, furniíhed them with a quantity ofWa- tet fufficient for theit Lands; making ir a Law, that th~y íhould fuccour and h~lp one the ocher, and by bartering their commodities one for che other, what ene wanted was füpplied by che orhet. By thefe means alfo the IncM fecured th~it own Revenue, which was paid them in Mayz or lndian Wheat, for ( a~ we have faid before) one third of rheir Fruits which their Lands produced, did bczlong to the Sun, and another third to the Inca. ·K k Moreo\rer