[119] It says this in the original, but it is an error, for it will be seen that the number must have been much greater.--Note by Icazbalceta. [120] As the text of this passage is obscure I give it here: _... profundos como de la altura de un hombre, en cuanto pueda el de abajo dar la tierra al de arriba; y cuando los cavan tanto que ya el de arriba no puede alcanzarla, lo dejan asi, y se van a hacer otros pozos ..._ [121] Here is another rather obscure passage: "_... pero e pui ricche ... sono le prime che non hanno caricho da lauar la terra & per rispetto del freddo & delle mine que vi e non lo cauano. &c._" Oviedo (Hist. General, Parte I, lib. 6, Cap. 8); Acosta (Hist. nat. y mor. de las Ind., lib. 4, Cap. 4); y Garcilasso (Com. Real., Parte I, lib. 8, Cap. 24) distinguish three sorts of gold mines. In the first class are counted those which produce pure gold in rather large grains, so that they can be collected without further operations. These are, perhaps, the sort that the secretary Sancho says are the richest, although he has not spoken of them before. In the second class are included those which produce gold in dust or in very small grains mixed with earth which it is necessary to remove by means of washing, and these are those which Sancho mentions. The third class of mines, which this man does not mention, are those which yield gold mingled with stones and other metals, just as silver is commonly found. These mines, although at times very rich, failed to be worked because of the expenses which labour caused.--Note by Icazbalceta. [122] Huayna Capac. [123] The text says _vino_--"came." I think, however, that it must be a misprint for _vivo_--"lived." [124] This means, of course, Manco Inca. BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS CONSULTED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSLATION OF PEDRO SANCHO ACOSTA, JOSEPH DE: 1880. The Natural and Moral History of the Indies. Edited by Sir Clements Markham for the Hakluyt Society. London. APPLETON'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY: 1888. Edited by James Grant Wilson and John Fiske. New York. 6 vols. BANDELIER, AD. F.: 1910. Titicaca and Koati. New York. BEUCHAT, HENRI: 1912. Manuel d'archeologie americaine. Paris. BINGHAM, HIRAM: 1912. Vitcos, the last Inca Capital. American Antiquarian Society. Worcester. BLAS VALERA: 1879. Relación ... _Apud_, Jimenez de la Espada. CABILDOS DE LIMA: 1900. Paris. 3 vols. CIEZA DE LEON, PEDRO DE: 1864. Travels. Edited by Sir Clements Markham for the Hakluyt Society. London. CIEZA DE LEON, PEDRO DE: 1883. Second Part of the Chronicle of Peru. Edited by Sir Clements Markham for the Hakluyt Society. London. CIEZA DE LEON, PEDRO DE: 1913. The War of Quito. Edited by Sir Clements Markham for the Hakluyt Society. London. COBO, BERNABE: 1892-93. Historia del Nuevo Mundo. Edited by Marcos Jimenez de la Espada. Seville. 4 vols.