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III.
ferve. And thus the
Inca
having finifhed this work, which he efieemed fufficient
for that year, and more than was expeeted, he returned to
Co~co,
accompanied
with
the two
Caciques,
who were curious to fee the fplendor of the
Indian
Court
where they were kindly received; and treated with Banquets and
Spores;
and
be~
caufe
it
was
plealin°
to
the
Inca,
the
hole City endeavoured
to
honour
and ca–
refS them with
all
the d monfirations imaginable of Civility and
efi
ett.
Afcer
fome days thus paffed, he gave chem liberty to return into their
OV\
n
Dominions
being greatly fatisfied
witli
the entertainment they had received, and at their
de~
parrure he gave them to underfiand, that he intended fpeedily
to
vilit their Coun.
tries
again, that
fo
he might reduce thofe
Indians
which inhabited the
pares be–
yond them, and that therefore they {hould make fuch prov.i!ions as were neceffa–
ry
for
the
fupport
and maintenance of his Army
and
Attendance.
CH AP.
xv.
Of the Bridge nzade with
traw,
Ru/hes
and Flags; and
how
Chayant
was reduced at that place where the Lak._e
eJJipties
it
felf.
T
H'
Inca, Capac Yupanqui,
was
fo much pleafed '' ith the convenience
and
fuccef of the lafr Bridge, which
(as
we faid) was built at
H uacachaca,
over
the River of
Apurimac,
that he ordered another
f the like fort to be made at rhae
place
here r,be Lake
Titicaca
empties it felf, that
fo
it
might
be
in a readinefs
againfi: the time that he intended to return
co
complete his Conquell:s
in
the
Di–
vilion of
Collafay1-1 ;
and becaufe rhofe Countries
re plain, and commodious
for
the march of an Army the
I nctU
were unquiet untill they could make a complete
and entire Conquefi of all that Divifion. The Bridge of
Huacachaca
,
as alfo all
the other which are in
Peru,
are made
f Ofter,
nely
that
which paffi s the wa–
rer called by the
Spaniards,
The
Cond11it,
becaufe it
is
the ent by which the Lake
em ties
it
felf, · made
f
lag and Ruilies, and
fu
h
like materials: This
paffes over the
at r, a that at
Seville,
which is made upon Boats, and
is
not
arched,
a
that \Ve have formerly mentioned. There is a
fort
of Rufhes which
·ow o
r
all
Peru,
th
t are of a fine and pliant
fi
rt,
con enient and
eafie
to
\Veave with, the
Indians
call them
Yehu,
whi
h
they
ufc in
thatching their Houfes.
That fort\;
hi h
grow
in
CoDao
is
e,, cellent feeding
f<
r
the Cattel, and of which
they make their Baskets and Hampers like little Chefis wich covers, (called
by
them
PdtactU)
and hereof alf<
they make Cord and Ropes; the befi: fort of thefe
Ru01es gro\YS in the River' hich falls from the Lake
Titicaca,
whereof there
is
'·
gr
at abundance, as al[o of
lag
and Bulrui11e , and a fort called
Enea.
The
In–
diam
m great
quantities hereof, at the
roper ea(( ns of the year, of hich they
make rovilion
to
b
dried and prepared for fervi e of the
ridge, as occafions
fhall require. With thefi Ru(h sch
y
twilled four great R pe , as big as a Man's
Leg, cwo of which they
fl:
over the River, and fafiened them n e ch fide:
Thi
V\
at
r
on the top or
f11perficies
of
it,
feem
fiill
and quiet, but towards the
bottom run
with
a fuong current, as fome fay that have made an experiment of
it. Thefe Ropes or Cabl
, which fer e in rhe place ofBoats, are covered wich
re
t bundle of
lags
and
Ru01es,
all
twilled and t\.\'ined one within the other;
and
er
there they
throw
the
ther two great R pes,
to
keep doY\'n and
flreng–
then the' hole
w rk;
o er thefe
o e they call:
gr
at quantities ofRufhes, twi–
ned into 1effi
r
cor
s, ·
bout the bignef5
f
a
Man's Anne, wo
o
one \ ithin
the
cher,
and made
fo
firm and clofe, that neither
the
u-ampling of
Beafi
or
rhe
· et of Men can break or diforder rh m.
h
fc
fmaller ords the
Spani11rdi
call
the