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ETHNOBO'Ú\ NY.- Quichua of liweet polatoes. O. F.
CooK, Bureau of PlanL l ndustry.
Quichua was the la nguugc of Lhc l ncas aL Lhc lilllc of thc ::lpan–
ish conquest of Peru, and is sLill spokcn by a largc naLi,·c popu la–
tion. The ancienL ccnlcr of lhe Quichuas is in lhc rcgion about
Cuzco on the eastern slope of the Andes, frorn an alliLude of