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.

BboK IX. I¡lojal Commentaries.. ·- .... _,..37-9 . bought at Ciudad de los Reyes ten éows for a thoufand Pieces of Eight, which makes one thoufand two hundred Ducacs; then in che Year 1 H9· 1 have feén them fold ar fevemeen Pieces of Eight a head ~ according to the fame proportion the price ofGoars and Hogs :tbat~d, as w~. íhall men~ion h~rea'fcer, , by whiéh we ·may obferve, how fruitfull chis Coumrey is: Since theYear 1~90. they write me, that a Bullock bought fihgly in the Market is not worth above ftx or feven· Dm;ars, and being bought in a Drove cogether"? rnay be haa,cheaper.: . .. The Cows in the Hle of Barlovento running in the Mountalirs, .becamé all wild, as alfo the Hor[es and Mares, excepting onely fah C~ws~s · they képt up in their Inclofüres, for che convenienées a"nd benefit of Milk, Butcer and Cheéfe, which they made of them ; but fuch as ran wild in cheMountains, multiplied and increa-. fed to fuch-a number, as would be incredible, did not che Hides of them; which are- ~arly bw1; 1gl!t t~~nce imo Sf.i1•11, giv~ us clear arrd demopfl'rativé proofS there. · ot, as.4c 11fta y@ ~i.lt€ s.¡n .ch~ asd l'.Jhap. ofhis .,,.ch,]}ook, whereih1.he .repoi'ts, tha't. - in tbe Y e.ar ·1 5 1 -2;. -tpere W<i;S thep b.rought in the,Fle €t frbfn'. -$t; D omingo, 1 onély $f441 Hide s; .. andd~ th~fa~ Year~. from New;_-8fain, .~-il3~~:~w Hid~~r rna:r. kmg m al19979'4-.. _ . . , . ~ .• •. ,, , , · . . In St. ÍJomiflf,ó); -Cuba; an<it the other Iílands, their ' increafu would. h~ve·· beert rnuth mor€, -nad ~~.Y por bee11 wó(.tied anti :deftrpyed by Greyhaunds ano Ma· füjlS, wit~ whicJ1at füfi chey dici ufüally tªke chem, whith:al(ó livib~firl the Mountains, became wild as che Cows; aod fe ·.beree, thát unléíS ten odi. dozen Men wenr rogecher> . there %1$ t)p .fecuricy ; anG. .thoft? thát lµll~d thófe·Dogs te- ceived che fªme. rew~td as for killi.ng_a Wolfi "\ the manner of:killing flíefe ~ows was this: rhey wa_tclidd wb~o they Gtme dowti into the Jow· lianas' tG> .food) and men they. ran 'UPQfl t_hetn with their H0rfes; alá~ h;tvifig an Ihi>ri wich íharp.ptgngs; i.n furm of a half M<?ónh witlt 'which .they ~ ftrllck them ~ ánd tben winh aCord they eqfuared chem about the Horns ; hut the Ho.rfomao ~M u.fes thi$ {pote,: ha4 nee.d take ca~e in._whª~ nia,nner be gGes tio work ~ f©r if the&~ft be ht!foré hlni,. hé tnull ~ake che right fide of bim;. a\ld wouñd;him on that fide, ot elfo, ifhe ~ on th€ lefr, tó wound,him on ché !efe, bút ,noi:_to_,meet.flill:: befOre him; but turn as he turns-, hifi be butc and w0u11cl the ~ider widi his JHor mi giv.c.füm rl@ timé to avoid..his blow1 There are foiheJvfen .l01dextr0us i ·.Me, chat inmre ta• riere or'thei~ HGtfe ; and rwice difcnar~ng "th~ir Gún' t dt will kili altd ,knbck dowl1 twenty i thircy or fourcy :Bc:;afü ; and there.(ore in tbei'e--lfian~s which ·yteld fuc:h '}ii-amitles of Beef, th€Y, rílight in tny op,inion vilt\lill t~ -Sp11nifh Eleét With (~ient PtQv·HtQns thereof fot their Voyages 7 • únlefi; by reafda :M tht: fiieáníid mqifrure of th.~ Cóuntrey, whi' h ate the catites of .rnrruptiQJ.1i, : the fleí.h1will ndt eatily receive the falt and pickle which are· to prefet"Ve it' t!,rear lilC1w irl th-ere times rhat cJ1ere are Cows in Pm1, which wander ah.out in che difpeopled Countries, and that the Bulls are fo fierce, that they will aífault Men as they cravel in che way, and tbat there are a1moíl: as many wild Cattel tbere on,the Continent, as in the Iflands; which in grarefull remembrante ~o Spain, for the benefit tbey recei- ved by tl1e Stock of Cattel fent from thence, do now, by the great numbers of Hídes which yearly they fend, make their due acknow!edgmems and recurns for the fame. CH A P.