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.

I Boo.&:IX. . Royál Commentariú. feen in my CountreyfJ It is a thing very" remarkable, thatHens did not batch thek Chickens in Co:;:,co, nor yet in the Vallies neighbouring to it, though they fed them with the befl: nouriíhment they could contrive to give them ; which defell: they amibmed to the chilnefs ofahe Air. Such as have mentioned this particular, have given for a reafon hereof;~·tfiat Hens were fir:ingers in that Coumrey,_and their confl:itmion and temperarriem.not agreeable to the Clirnate; _becaufe in parts II)Ore warm, as Yuc9 and Muy_na, . which ar~_r¡_ot above.four _Leagues. difl:ant from the City,the Hen~ batch theif Chickens as h1 füher places' bu~ in Couo for above thit- ty years the Eggs proved all addle, and fo éontinued in the year i > 60, when I de- parted frorn diat City: but forne years afterwards, arnongfl: other advices, which a -certain Ge.ntleman calle<d1..Gi:1rc~ S~nchii.!'w'toté me, e:& was,infonrnea. nhat' the Hens , ,:.b~gan te, rharch Ch_iekeñs i ri,.Cot co, asJ¡¡~eJy, m:id plentiful~y ás in other 'places. :- 1:: 4~n Jhe.:.year J_> > 6,, a. Gentlern~nNative 1 of_Sa/amapc~;_ca!l' d Don.!ef..-ar:t in de ~u:;:,man~ ~ 1 ~11o · h;ip ,~oo.,i¡;i..per/J.o;,. -r$lturnmg from Spdm a fecond ittm.e th1th~11, .1 c.arned Very 6r:i~ fQFFlitune for HorCes_._wlth him ; 1atiid ocher curiofüi~s ,f am0ng~11Mlhich he had a fütle Can.aty{b_ird in a.:Cag~j which,1fa~1 tó ,adrniration; 1and was.Jhe wonder of alj, Jr0w foJ littl~ a ct~tw~r!hould be:ªbl~ tQ· endúre;the·k)..ng Voyage over tw6 great Se~, and me Travels by Land both in Spain, ancl' in Peru, frorn the Sea,ro Co~co~ ,Thp~ }Ve'mentiop;fmall and iilcdnfiderableBirds, 'that fo it may be an'ioduce- rnent .to tranfportBir~s and,fpwl ofg_t~. ª~~r benefit. aód. u(e~ fuch ~s¡ Pamidg~, ª!:!~ orher tame Fowl, wb1ch ,we ,breed up,m OUl:i~ards; ,aad1feedat QU)'. Barn-doors. r . . . J l : • ~. ., 1-: ~ r . (!" ; J ,f': >1 I ·oj their Wh~at. . l d. ~ :¡ Ir. ' ~~· ., r. ~ ' o - ' F R?ni ~he Relatioñ· ofBi~ds and Fo~l',;~€ ~re ~ext to país to' Corn, 1 ~Iant~, Len~ t1ls, and fuch other th.mgs as were ~a.mmg m Peru':-• AQá as to th1s point we rnuíl: note, that the firíl: perfon that irnporte~ · Whe.at i9n0· my Gountrey .( for fo í call 'the whole Ernpire of1the Incas) w.a~ a certain noble La~y, called Mary df E feo:. bflr, 1 who was married ta-Diego de Chaves; both Natives ofTrux i!lo 5 'I was well ác-· quainted with her, when 1 lí:ved at my own ·Plantatior'I, blilt many years after íhe carne to Peru, íhe removed to Co:;:,co; but her>Husband I did not knoW' ·for .hé dy-· e.d at Los Reyet. - . ' . . . ' . .. . This Lady, worthy of all good fottune, was ·the fitll thcitimpotted Whe?t ro ·the City of Rima~ in Peru; for which great benefit,fhe r.eceived no thankfull·returns :from rny Countrey,though for a lefs va:luable confideration-. the GenrMs adored Cé- · res for a Goddefs": I know not the year pteüifely in which it was brought; but thiS 1 amfure, the quantity was·fo fmall, hot-exceeding halfa Buíhel, that they fov~ed · the Com three years for its increafo, divid~ng it into ftnall parcels of tfürty and fór- cy Granes to a neighbouq which was given alfo for friendfhip fake, thát fü every one might enjoy fornething ·of the newHarvef.t. . - ' . · For this great benefit 'which thiswor-thy Wornan did to Peru, and for thé many fervices performed by herHusband, who was Oíl€ of die firíl: Conquef.oúfs, a Plan- tation of Indianswas befiowed upen .her in theCicy á'e los Reyei , ln the yéar 15'47; Wheaten bread was not as yet eaten in Cow; though there was fome Wheat found in the Countrey : And I fpeak it upon this groú'nd, becau[e I do remernber, thac when Don -Frayfolano J?winico, Bifbop of tha't City, fled frorn the Battel of Harina; he quartered in rny Father's houfe with fourteen or fifteen of his Companions, and my Mother entertained them with Bread ofMayz ~ and tbe Spani4rds were then fo' famiíhed with hunger, that they had not the patience to fray untill the Dinner was made ready, but takingwhole handfulls of the raw Mayz, d~voured themasifthey · haci been fugred Alrnonds. lt is not certainly ~nown who was ihe firíl: that impor- ted B'arley ,it is probable that fome Granes of it being rnixed with theWheat:, might~ grow up with it, for we obfer'l(e that they are never purely and emirely feparafed. . . · · D d d i C H A P.