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.

BooK III. Royal Commentaries. In chefe parts they remained rwo momhs in Expetl:arion of the coming of thofe Spaniards, whom they had left in Cumaco, and had direéted ro follow them by Cuch m¡ces ~q marks as. they íhould find o( the way they had taken before cbem; the Companions beiog come up tq them, and a while refreíhed afrer their Journey,, they travelled ¡¡ll together by the Banks of that great River, for • (he fpace of fifty Leagues, in al! which way, tpey neither found Bridge, nor íhallow place, wh\ch was furdab!e, for the Water was very deep, aod che River. fo broad, that no :Bridge could be made over it. , · At Je¡1grh rhey cam~ to a pla~e where chis who!e River falls frorn the top_of a Rock, above cwo hQodred fachorn high, which Cacarack, or falling of ~he W'J,- ters, makes a noife, t.hac is ht;ard above fix Leagues from che place; a.t which, rhough tlw Spaniards were won~erfully amazed, yet ic was much more wonderfµll ~o fe~. , ¡ibout forty or fif(y Leagues lower, chat immenfe qqam¡cy qf W'\~er c;ontra~~o and íl:raite¡:¡ed within aCh¡mel maoe by oµ~ gre,¡¡c l\qc;k. Th¡s G ha- nel is fo nanow , that from onf; {\di;: to th~ o~her je i~ ngc ¡¡pove twen.ty fo~ wid@; bue fo high, thac from the top, whert; 'che Spáni~r4s maqe their }3ri9ge to. pafs qown to the S4rface of th.e Water, ¡µ-~ ~wo. hunc,lrnd. ]f.a~how, ªs wa5rhai qf ' {q~ Catara¡:k. . lt is Ííl~~ed fininge to coníider , ~hat ~n ~h¡,¡~ Q>upfr~y there 1]1qgl.d be fuc;h pt'Qdigious Wonders, which are beyond Expreffion, a,s IJl?Y appea¡ by ~h~f~ two igíh!pc;e~, ¡¡nq div~ers others, wbicq o.i::cu~ ji} this Hifto¡y. G9rt<:¡f!lo f.iN~H, and his Cm;it¡¡ins., (:Onft9er¡ng that there w~s no qiqre c;qnw;nif,!nt p,a$tgy tQ 9€! foµnd ov~ rhe: River tpa,n toi~, aqq thaU~ wa.s n~c~ffl¡¡y ~9 p¡¡~ to ~he q~her ljq~, ~Y reafon .th;it the CotJnrrey was ba,+t~n on that fld.e wN~h ~h<i:y ~h.eO' Wvr~ j,n, Je w~ agr~~9 to mak~ <J. ~ri~g~ 9ver the tQR gf ~he ·~q~~. Th~ In.4ifmfi choQgq f~w iJ1 num- be.r,. íl:outly qyt~ng~d th\:l ftafs, ,fo th~t tlje tf Pft.'litfr~J. W~r~ fPrc~g tQ f;ight Wj(p · ~}l~Ql, }Yhi.~D , .W:9.8 the fuQ J.p~qmer lthCfY,. naq~w¡~h . ~poft; .P.f ~bj~ c;ountrny : When ~he J'N11i1vds kjij~9 amf,Qm¡, Qr• 9~ gf f~ ,eqi, with fh.~i,¡: Mufi t}~CS,' the Pth~r~ imme<l.t~wly fl!'.lP~. ~¡.pg ~fl!Iili. ~1 {o . ~~ t: . ei.r ComP.~!)ic;ips ~il~d a~ ~he d.itlan~e 9f _¡t)l' ,hpngreq <:>1t; ~W9 · tiun.df6Q p¡i~~-? ~ ~gq fi.yjng wi,th fea~ and 1\,ma¡Ze- . menr, rePQrt~d in <iU plac~, ~liª~ ~h~r~ .w.a~ ¡¡ {9r-t of P,€mpfo: com~ into ~IJ~lr ' ~Qnt-reY., 1Qf. fl~pb yvcmdf:lJfwJ P<?W~r~ · ~fa~,JMll~ thQf~ ~uh Thqn~~J 9QQ L.Jghy- rntJ$, thª't: w~,idi! nQt 9q~y ih@T· ~ , ¡ 1.· _ . · . Th~ Pq.fS . bfij~g Jlow ~kíJ.r ·-M Spaniftrdt ~eU ~9 \VPr~OQ ~h9 ~~¡(i1g<;! · ~f Tirob~f, whic;h f:'Qíl m"!ili !ab.O\JJ Jl>ef9v~ tb~ /ir:Jl:. ~e!lm - ~Qlq H~!Ws;I PVl'ffr to 1~hft Qt~r Rock, which was fo high, that it was a'-bold thlng or any one to. advemPrt:! ~t> look dovvn; for.vvhiill a Spaniard caft his Eyes to behold from tbe top of chat . precipice the fvvift current of rhe Water belovv, bis Head became dizzy, and ' turned, fo that dovvn ·he fell , and vvas drovvned in che Waters. The other Spa".iards being vvarned by this unfortunate Example, vvent more c;;mtiouíly to vvork, and afcer tnuch Difficulty, and Labour,. they paífed the ffríl: Beam over to the oppofüe Rock, by help of vvhich a fecond vvas more eafily laid , and then ocher pieces of Timber, vvhich vvere neceífary; fo that by degrees they · formed a Bridge, over vvhich both Man and Horfe fecurely paífed, vvhich they left in the .fame ·condition to remain , in ·cafe they íhould llave occafion to re- turn back by the fame vvay: And fo füéy - travelled by the fide -Of-the. fUver, over certain Mountains, vvhich vvere fo thick vvith Wood,, that rhey vvere forced to open rheir vvay vvith the Hatchet, and other lnfirumems. With thefe Difficulties they carne at lengch to a Countrey, called G11ema, vvhich vvas fo poor, and íl:arved, chat it vvas more barren chao any they had paífed before i Here vvere fome fevv Indlans, vvho at the fight ofthe Spaniards fl.ed into the Moun-. tains; and never aftervvards appeared. Here the Spaniards, and their Indian Servams, vvere forced again to fuíl:ain thernfelves vvith Herbs, and Roots, and vvith che tender fprours ofTrees, vvhich are as g.ood ,t.p eat, as che fialks of our Vine Leaves are here. Thus vvith Famine, ánd T;¡-(llvels, _and with perpetua! Rains, fó that their Cloths vvere never dry on their Backs, many of the Spaniards fell fick and dyed; yet in <iefpight of ali thefe Difficulties, they proceeded many Leagues farther on their vvay, umill at length they carne vvhere Indians inhabited, fomething more civilizéd chan the former ~ for they vvere fuch as did eat Mayz, and dothed thernfelves vvidi Garmems of Corten; but füll the .Climate vvas fubjeél: ro Rains. Hhhh 11 Whilft