. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. nand treachery than theSpaniards, their em-pire should have beendestroyed, and a longperiod of degenerationshould have fallen onthe land. Cuzco is inhabited almost entirely by pure Indians; and there are still some of the descend-ants of old native families. In the village of San Sebastian, Modemnot far distant, are many descendants of the Incas, having a
. The world's inhabitants; or, Mankind, animals, and plants; being a popular account of the races and nations of mankind, past and present, and the animals and plants inhabiting the great continents and principal islands. nand treachery than theSpaniards, their em-pire should have beendestroyed, and a longperiod of degenerationshould have fallen onthe land. Cuzco is inhabited almost entirely by pure Indians; and there are still some of the descend-ants of old native families. In the village of San Sebastian, Modemnot far distant, are many descendants of the Incas, having a haughtiness of bearing. The recreations of Cuzco, says Mr. Squier,are religious processions and cock-fighting. The town is most filthy. The Inca tribes of the Andes are, on the whole, slenderly made, butmuscular. Their complexion is olive-coloured, with a smooth soft skin;the noses, like those of Inca sculptures, are aquiline. The Aymaras aremore thick-set. The women wear extraordinary hats, which Mr. Squiercompares to a cofSn with a kind of black valance suspended round astiff body of pasteboard, covered with red cloth and tinsel. Their. houses are all built of plastered clay on wattles, and thatched with WOMEN. 824 THE INHABITANTS OF AMERICA. They seldom have more than one room, with a low narrow door, and thewalls of all incline inward. The ilncas are described as good agricul-turists and shej)herds, being very kind to their animals ; they are brave,home-loving, and affectionate to their children. The Aymaras are saidto be more sullen and cruel. Mr. Squier describes a remarkable festival, coincident with theharvesting of a species of potato, and with the Catholic festival ofModem sun Corpus Christi, at Tiahuanuco. In the square assembled fourfestival, groups of dancers, wearing variously coloured handkerchiefsover their shoulders. The men wore head-dresses of various colouredfeathers, lengthened out by slips of cane, rising five or six feet from ahead-ba
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