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.

Coniés, fpinning and weaving the Wool into tbeir fine Cloths, for vadety ofco- lours; the colour of which is a light grey, and is very.gencle and foft in the touch and fo much eíl:eemed amengíl: the·lndia111, that they ufed it onely in clothing ro: the Nobles. G HA P. X VIII. Of thelf Lións, Bedrs, 1iget~, Affés dnd Monkjes. ' .~ l H É Licm Ifí. Peru aré few lli ñumber, ánd fiéifüe'r fo lfirge rlot fütraf as· ~li6f~ irí Afticá, \\V'hiih éhey1 call Puma. ili'e"}• h~ave a-lfe' fotiie Be'ars, fü16 fl0't ma'.-i ñy, 1:1ecaufé that the €ourmey of P~ru is rlbt pre~r for them, nm 6eifl'g rn0u~ár~ nmfs to thac degtée, \is is agteeable to Béafis eftbal! fierce mtur~; and, as rhey faid; the Jnctú comrriaticl~a in dieir Huntings, that they íhould be kllled, and no q\'iari ter giveil to Béafis of Prey and Slal'lghter: The Bear is called fTfl~iñdri. 'Ihete are no Tigers, bu_c onely in dággy a'fíd herrid Mountáins of die Antú, wMre afro Set- pencs ar.e procluced of a prodigi'o'ds bignefs, lJéing of about twenéy five- to Ehirty foot Ion¡- whKh théy call Amaru, átíd ih coíripaíS as big as aMan'sThigh, where alfo ar€ great numbets 0f Snakes, or leífer Serpents, called Machach11dj, and pói- fonous Serpents, and rpany other venerrlous Infeéts; bue Pcru is free pf chefe v(!¡ n·embus Creátures. A certain Spaniard, witli wl1om 1 was atqaainted, killed a Lionefs 0f a p'roeligious fügiléfs within che Aiztu~ ori thac ílde whi€h b0rders td- wafd Co~oo; wHkh having lodg'ed her felf iri a high Tree, he fhm n~t eown l\rirh fou.t Arrows, an'CI rippirig her up, fdund her with young of fwo Whel~s, which yvete the Cubs of a Tiger, well known by their Spbts. What the Worcl is for a Lion in the general T,ongue of Peru, 1 have forgot; '.and yet I cannoc muth te- proách my memory, bue rather lay rhe fault orJ rny own negleét, not having in rhe [pace of forfy i:wo years either fpoken or read in that Language, whiEh 1 thiilk is a very good excufe to any who wduld blarne me for chis forgetfulfiefs. I think the Tiger is called Vturimcu, though Aco.fta calls,a Bear Otoronco1, a<::cording ro (lie cbhüpE rttafmer bf the Spanifh pronuncfation. There is at10the'r fort of animal lli che (1ntü, very like a Cow, bue withotlt Horns, nor yet fo big; che f'Iicle makes ~ 1ñd~füong f0rt 0f Learher, a~d; as fom~ fay, reG~s a Sword i)ener than Buff; or a Goat of Ma11. They have wilct B'oars m fhape Iike our carne Hogs, but t'l;iet~ a1'€ ríot rnahy of ,this kind on chat fide of che Antü, which borders l:ipdh Í'erR: Andas có matcers orl che other t'eln0t~ pares of rhe Anti!, it is not my déftgn 1 'dt purpofe to tréat. Monl<.ies _and Apes rhere are many, boch great aM fmall, fertfü of them with Tails, a_ii'd orhers withom them. Of t~e natures of Eh'efu We rhight fay much, out becanfe Aco.fta hath wrof~ thereof ar Iarge, wé íl\all u(e bis own WbrCls, as he fets them down in che 3 9ch Chaprer of his 4th Beok; eeing ágtee- able to whac both the Spa:ni f1 rd1 a'nd Jndian1 réport, aa·d of what 1 my felf ha\r'e l5eeb án Eyé-witrlefs: His Words follow. " There·are great nunibers of Mico!, ' ' wfüch are á fort of Mó'okies, found in ali the Moun~a'iAs,' a-s wéll chofe whidí " are oh d1é MáJn laó'd, as in che filmds in Anti1 ; they·áre of the famé f¡ieaid wirn " tbe Bab0bns, but diffét fü .the le'ngrh of their Tails, ancl in rheir p'ropoftion ami ' ' &ze; fome of thém bein'g three or foür timeS bigger than others : Sorne of " füern are aU black, 9rhers grey, ano others fpofted. Theír aétívity and tflo'ti,.. " on is fuch, chat they Í~Jll te> ha~ reafon, and cliffourfe, leápi:ñg frorn one 1t~ " to ariorlíer, .in i'.tii'itarioh ·ofBirds. In Capita, as 1 rr-avélléd frorn µombre de qjjº' " to Pan'ttma, I faw one of thefe Mi'co1 fpring at one léap from a Tree to anorh~r " Tre'e., *>hieh grew ón tlie othér fülé o'f a Si:reaffi, whiE:h to me feerñetl moft . '' ffrafiige an'd wmiderfüll. Ttte1t marliter is to fit o'h cheir Táils aE 1 the end of " a BOOgn, · and tbencé fo throw th'emfélves· Ee wh~t- ~lace foever they pleale5 '~ áfid wnen lhe cliífafü;e is fáfifr·, .¡l)at tliey ~fre heE a ele W reatll ~t, tlleY. 1 uf~ this con·