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Conies, fpinning and weaving the Wool into tbeir fine Cloths, for vai'iecy ofco–
lours; the colour of which is a light grey, and is very.gencle and foft in the touch
and fo much eíl:eemed am0ngíl: tae,Jndia111,. that they ufed it onely in clothing ro:
the Nobles.
G HA P. X VIII.
Of thelf Lions, Í3edrs, Tiget~, Afies dnd Monk.]és. ¡•
l H-~ Li?n if.i._P~u ~-re féw ití fiur,f,¡ber, ~~~ ~éifü~r fo l~ge riot ft.l:frG(f as·~lief~
m Aff,cá, ,lvlm:h rhey,cal! Puma. il\ey have a-líe'foffie Bé'ars, ol!lfi aot fña_,
ny, l:>ecaüfe that che 0ouha-ey ofP~ru is nbt prépef für them, oot 0eiflg m0u~aj.
nous to thac degtée, as is agteea&le to Eéaíl:s 0fthat fiiercé' itaturn ;- aad, a-s Ehey faid;
the lncM comrriancléa in dieir Hunting,s, thaé t-héy iliould be killecl, ánd no q\iar.1.
ter give·n to Beafis of Prey and SlalJlghter: The Bear is cal-led reulhdri. Thrre' are
no Tigers, bue onely in dággy afíd horrid Mouótáins ofdie Antú, whé're alfo S<!t–
p(;nts ar.e produced of a prodigi'úds bignefs, b:eing of abouE twen{y five to thirty
foot Ion~ whiéh tñey call Amaru, átid in compafs as big as a Mací's Thigb, where
grear numbers of Snakes, or leíf er Serpents, called Machach11dj, and ~oi–
erpents, and giany ocher venerrlous Infeéts; bue Peru is free ,of thefe v~,
Creátures. A certain Spaniard, wicn wl1om I was acquainted, killed a
of a p'rodigious Bignéfs within the Antú., ori that ílde whieh bord@rs fü.
,vare! Co~c;o; whieh having füdged her felf iri a high Tree, he íhoE ñet aown witfi
four-Arrows, á'n'él rippirig her up, fdund her with young of fwo Wlíelí)s, which
were the Cubs ofa Tiger, well known by their Spbl:S. What che Wora is for a
Lion in the general Tengue of Peru, I oove forgot; '.and yet I cannot much te–
proách my memory, bue rather lay the fault orJ my own negleét, not having iá
rhe fpace of forty fwo years either fpoken or read in that Language, whic:h I diink
is a very good excufe to any who wduld blame me for this forgetfulnefs. I think
, the Tiger is callecl VH hough Aco.fta calls.a Bear Otoronco1, according ro che
cbhüpt rhanner of the pronuncfation. Thet-e is ati0thér fort of animal ili
rhe Antú, very like a ue withowt Horns, nor yet fo big; che f'Iide mil.kes
á fü<Jíl:füong fon 0f Leather, ancl
1 as fome fay; reGfis aSword bett@r than Buff; or
a Ooat of Mail. Théy. have wilct B'oars in fhape Iike our taine Hogs, bue chef~
aré ríot rnahy of,this kind on chat fide 0f che Antú, which borders l:ipoh Pmi:
Andas tó rnatters orl che other t'eh10t~ pares of rhe AntiI, it is not my aéílgn 'dt
purpofe to tréat. Moñt<ies and Apes rher'e are many, both great aha frnall, forifü
ofthem with Táils; a_ñtl orhers withom them. Ofche natures 0fdrem w.e might
fay much, bue becaufe Aco.fta harh wrote thereof ar Iarge, \,Ve íliall u(e his own
W·ords, as he fers them down in che 39th Chapte,r of his 4th B00k; aei'ñg ~gtee–
able to what both the Spanir1rd1 a'nd Jnditm1 réport, aa·d of what I my felf Óá\r'e
l:feeh án Eyé-wimefs: His Words follow. " There·are gteaf í\unibers of Mico'!,
'' which ar:e a fort of Mookies, found in ali the Mounfáins; as wéll chofe whiéh
" ate oh thé Májh laó'd, as in the ffiands in Anti1 ; they·áre of the fa-rné fpecies wich
" cJ:ie Ba'.b0bns, bue differ iñ .che le'ngeh of cheir Tails, and in che-ir p'ro~ofüóh ami
'' {;ze; fome of them bein'g three or four times bigg -r than others : Sorne of
" th'em are all black, óthers grey, ana others [potced. Theír aétívicy and móti.–
" o'ri is fuch, chat they fdé]Il to havé reafon, and difrnurfe, leapióg from one 1t~
" ro ariorhér, in itn'itacioh ·ofBirds. In Capita, as I cravélled fróm N ombre de './)jo,
" to Pariama, Í faw one of ehefe Mico1 fpring at one léap from a Tree to añóttí~r
" Tre'e, \VhiEh grew ón d1e othér fülé of a $1:re'affi, whiEh to me féemeEI moíl: .
'' í'l'rotíge aWd wmidérfull. Tttfü marlner is to fil: oñ cheir Ta-ils aE 1the end of
" aBOOgn, · and tbencé fo1h1ów thtfmíe-lves· E0 what l')lace foever rhey pleale5
'~a'rid wnen the clifi.hfü:e is fáfiir-, fiñat füey are ñeE a®le te rea~ ~e, tnet ufe this
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