The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . ropa ni cubierta (conser tierra muy fria) que unas esterasdesta enea. Andan alii desnudos 6casi en carnes, comen muchas vezesla carne cruda, i el pescado casi vivo,i las raizes desta totora 6 enea. Nosienbran, ni tienen labran^as . . Su lengua es la mas escura, corta ibaruara de quantas tiene el Peru todagutural, i asi no se puede escrivir singran confusion . . Sus idolatriasson adorar al Sol i a esta laguna,k quien azen adoraciones de sumision, ile ofrecen comidas de Maiz, pero ellosensuzian el mismo Dios que adoran. . son lobos porque se comen
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . ropa ni cubierta (conser tierra muy fria) que unas esterasdesta enea. Andan alii desnudos 6casi en carnes, comen muchas vezesla carne cruda, i el pescado casi vivo,i las raizes desta totora 6 enea. Nosienbran, ni tienen labran^as . . Su lengua es la mas escura, corta ibaruara de quantas tiene el Peru todagutural, i asi no se puede escrivir singran confusion . . Sus idolatriasson adorar al Sol i a esta laguna,k quien azen adoraciones de sumision, ile ofrecen comidas de Maiz, pero ellosensuzian el mismo Dios que adoran. . son lobos porque se comen unaoveja cruda, i traen la una del dedopulgar de la mano derecha tan larga itan afilada, que desuellan sin necesitarde cuchillo ... (Coronica Morali-zada, Tomo I, p. 350). The feuds be-tween the Quichuas and the Aymarasand the tales of warfare between Za-paua and Cari, the former from thePeruvian Collao and the latter fromChucuito, are too often reported inolder sources to need special quota-tions here. THE ISLANDS OF TITICACA AND KOATI. Part IITHE ISLANDS OF TITICACA AND KOATI THEIR PHYSICAL ASPECT AND GENERAL CONDITION THE shape of the Island of Titicaca, the largest of themany that dot the surface of the great Lake, has beencompared to that of an elongated toad; and Koati hasbeen said to resemble a whale. In both instances the com-parison is fair. The longitudinal axes of both Islands runfrom southeast to northwest; and Titicaca appears, as al-ready stated, like a continuation of the Bolivian mainlandof Copacavana in the direction of the northwestern end ofthe Lake, near Huancane. I refer to the accompanying maps of these Islands, exe-cuted on the scale of 2560 feet to the inch, for an idea of sizeand form. Although made with care, I cannot guaranteetheir absolute exactness. The theodolite which I used wasnot a first-class instrument, and had suifered at Llujo fromconstant use among large deposits of iron ore.^ While sub-sequent surveys will doubtless correct many defects,
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