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.

. Royal Commentaries. BooK VIII. faw ' her, he fell into a great laughter, cry~ng out, Huayru, Huayru, Huayru, which is a ,Nation the moíl: ba(e and tontemp~1ble of ali the Jndians: With which the Jndiaw Woman wá.s greatly aíbamed, bemg laughe~ at ~y the people, who in great Numbers Ví'ere always about che Parrot, hearmg h1m calk; and when fhe carne 'near he called her Cupay, which is Devil ; the lndians which.were by, ap- proved che Saying o~ rhe Parrar, for they knew tbat íhe was an ordmary W ornan difguifed in che Hab1c of a Palla, or greac Lady. Sorne few years paíl: in Sevil, there was another Parrot of this kind , which did moft horribly abufe a cercain Phyfician, though unworthy of that narne be- ing ª ' mere QQ..ack, as he paffed che Streets; which he did fo fcurrilouíly, a~d [ó much to rhe purpofe, that che Doétor t0ok it ill, and was really offended : Whereupon·che J uíl:ice comman~~d c~e Mafier not to fet the Parrot any more in the Street, upon penalty of forfe1tmg it to che next perfon offended at his ptate. The general word which che Jndians have for Parrots, is Vritu; and wben they hear a Man talk tnuch, and obfireperouíly, with much noife, they call him Vri 111, for che noife and chat which the Parrots .make when they fly in great flp<;ks, is like the prate of a vain-talking fellow, who, as che Divin·~ Ariofto fays, in his. cwenty fifth Canto, Knows little, and t11lk¿ much. · · Thefe Parrots~, atl the feafon of the year, when che Corn is ripe, fly out" from che An'tu, to feek their food ; and being in great flücks, t.hey f poil ihe Mayz, or Corn, wherefoever they alight; they are very firong upon.che Wing, and fly high: bue che GuacamactU being a dull and heavy fort of Bird, go noc out from che Antis : And all thefe different forts of Parrots keep to their own· kind ; to make che Proverb true, that Birds of a Feather flock_ together. XXII. o¡ the .four [amo~ Rivers, and of the Fifb which lS tal<_en in thofe whieh belong to Peru. 1 Had almoíl: forgot co gi~e a Relacion of the Fiíh which the Jndians of Pmt have in their freíh-wacer Rivers of Peru; che which Rivers are many, and very great, of which, for brevity fake, we íhaU onely menrion four. The firft is chat great River, which is now called che Madalena, falling into che Sea be- tween Cartagena, and Santa Maria; the mouch of which, according to the Sea- charcs, is eight Leagues wide, having its head, or fource, from che high Mount(Úns. of Peru : The fierce fwifcnefs of che currenc with which ic falls inco che S.ea is fuch, thac for ten or cwelve Leagues che forcible íl:reams are fenfibly perceí ved t o reach irito che Seas, the fury chereof contending wich che Waves of the Ocear.. The River Ore/lana, called fo by us, being difiinlt from che Mada/ef!a, is, accor- ding to che Sea-charcs, about fifty.four Leagues wide at che m'ouch of ir, though fome Authours onely reckon it for i:hircy, ochers forcy, others fevency; making cheir account with great variecy; howfoever, for my pare, I fhall racher adhere to che opinion of Seamen, who are knowing and learned iñ Maricime affairs, and chofe whofe bufinefs it is to fail ovet, and meafure che Seas, and have made Sea- charrs and Draughts \\lith great Are: the diverfüy of che opinions in the me.ifüres, is chis, becau_fe fome meafüring juíl: ar the mouth of che River, from fide to fide, make ir fifcy Leagues ; bue fuch as draw cheir lines from the extreme poincs of Land, which excend inco che Sea, may me.1füre fevemy Leagu€s, as is well known to the Pilors. The fource or head of chofe Fountains which make this River, arifes in che diviíion of Cuntifoyu, being to che South·Weíl: of Co:{,CO, ana· dillant about eleven Leagues Weíl:ward from thence. This River, ac the very head of le, is very deep, and not fordable, and is very f\vift and rapid, che íheams chere· of