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Commentaries.

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VII.

C HA P.

O{ ihe Cólónies pla11ted

the

Incas,

and

óf

the two di/fe:.

rent

Latzguages in

Peru. .

·1··-

,wás a

cu!l:ome amongíl: the

IncM

ro n·anfplant che people from one Pre–

vince to anocher, that is, from barren Lands and Countries,, to more

fruicfull and pleafant foils, whereby .both che góvernment was feGlired

ftom rebellión, and che condicion of the people advamaged by a happy

and profitable exchange :

performance of which defign, the

IncM

had always a refpeét to che condicion and qualicy of che people, and che

temperature of the climate; tranfplanciog chofe who had been born and bred

hot or cokl Regions, into Councries of the fame degree, aod equal tetnper of

lteat and cold. Likewife in Provinces where che people multiplied greatly, and

were become too numerous to be concained wichin the limics and compaís of

ir';

then did they fubcraét from thence fuch a nµmber as mighc eafe che Province,

and füpply che wanc? of ocher places. The like was praétifed in

Col!ao,

which is

a Province of

1 20

Leagues

in lengch, containing feveral other Nacions under its

jurifdifüon: This

Coi.mm

:y being very cold, produced neicher M:iyz, which is

Jp.dian

Whear, nor

Vchu,

hich

Red Pepper, and yec ir abounds wich Pulfe, and

all

forts of leffer Grane, fuch as thac chey call

P11pa

and

~irHa,

wh1ch do not

grow in hot Countries ; and is alfo rich in Flocks and Herds of Cartel, From all

thofe cold .E'rovinces chey tranfplaoted great numbers of

lndians

to rhe Eaíl:ward,

rhe Mountaíns of

Antis,

and to che Weíl:ward along che Sea-coaíl:, where !yes.

vafr Councrey, containing many large and fruicfull Vallies, which produced May~

and Red Pepper

great abundance, and which before the times of the

IncM,

for

wánc of the Art and Knowledge of making Aqueduéts and Chanels for wacring

the Furtows oftheir Land, lay wholly difpeopled and deferted. The

lncan

Kings

having well confidernd che benefit of thefe impróvehlehts, did fret1uently tranf–

plant theit people from che barren, to more commodious and happy foils; and

for their -refrefüment in chofe Plantacions, furniíhed them with a quantity ofWa–

tet fufficient for theit Lands; making ir a Law, that they íhould fuccour arnl h~lp

one the other, and by bartering their commodities one {or che dther, what ene

wanted was fupplied by the othet. By thefe meaos alfo che

JncM

fecured theit

own Revenue, which was paid them in Mayz or

lndian

Wheat, for ( a~ we have

faid before) one third of rheir Fruits which their Lands produced, did b(dong

the Sun, and another third to the

Inca.

·K k

Moreover