The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . more than one tumble. The greatestcare was taken to avoid dwellings, and a secluded spotselected for the operation. The medicine-man repeated theformula of the afternoon and sprinkled wine and afterwardbrandy in the direction of each of the five Achachilas named,saying: All thy presents I have now brought. With this,he counted out the twenty balls one by one, each beingcounted as a quintal, or hundredweight,^*^ and adding:Thou hast to give me with all thy heart. Then a firewas built, and the twenty balls were placed on it. Manuelthrew into the f
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . more than one tumble. The greatestcare was taken to avoid dwellings, and a secluded spotselected for the operation. The medicine-man repeated theformula of the afternoon and sprinkled wine and afterwardbrandy in the direction of each of the five Achachilas named,saying: All thy presents I have now brought. With this,he counted out the twenty balls one by one, each beingcounted as a quintal, or hundredweight,^*^ and adding:Thou hast to give me with all thy heart. Then a firewas built, and the twenty balls were placed on it. Manuelthrew into the flames a substance which he refused to showus and which caused the fire to spit and to crackle. At thissound everybody had to run off a short distance while heexclaimed: The Achachilas are eating! After the fire hadgone out he returned to the place and covered it with he went with the two larger balls to another spot anddug a hole, saying: The virgin earth is now invited, here is rd O ^ o W cS 1—1 0) X M X 3 H p H =4-J < -C ,£1. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 99 thy burial of treasure, *^^ and placed both balls into thehole. * The very things of the Inca thou hast to bring , with thy permission we will take leave. Forgive this the performance was at an end and we groped ourway back, over the steep and wet rocks, without a single staron the dark firmament. By midnight we were home again,bruised and tired, and the next morning, the Indians, satis-fied that we had the Achachilas in our favor, went towork, convinced that the yield would be abundant. Never-theless at noon on the following day, while our laborers tooka recess for lunch, another medicine-man among them pouredout wine and alcohol in the direction of the five Achachilas,after each one of the laborers had taken a pinch of coca, andsaid: Achachila, do not make me suffer much work, we arethose who work under pay; to this viracocha thou hast toreturn what he paid to us, for this thou
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