The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . l-H © 3 rt XI o X m =1-1 a o B <i J cj Ph § a 03 ?—< ft .§ __( c6 ^ IS -fj 3 O -iH &) <1. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 103 Spiders are used, by some sorcerers, for the movements of the legs of the insect, the divinerdraws his inferences, in a similar manner as the OpataIndians of Sonora prognosticated from the motions of thecricket.^2*^ We lack yet most of the information desirable in regardto the role of animals as intercessors. But we were posi-tively informed that the group of dancers called **Chayll-pa, and
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . l-H © 3 rt XI o X m =1-1 a o B <i J cj Ph § a 03 ?—< ft .§ __( c6 ^ IS -fj 3 O -iH &) <1. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 103 Spiders are used, by some sorcerers, for the movements of the legs of the insect, the divinerdraws his inferences, in a similar manner as the OpataIndians of Sonora prognosticated from the motions of thecricket.^2*^ We lack yet most of the information desirable in regardto the role of animals as intercessors. But we were posi-tively informed that the group of dancers called **Chayll-pa, and of which I shall hereafter speak, have amongother duties that of conjuring drouth. They go to the sum-mit of the height called Calvario (4), which is denuded ofall vegetation, gather small stones and throw them into theLake. But they also catch toads and throw them into thewater, there to intercede for rain.^^i Among the objects ofstone found on the Island, on the Peninsula of Copacavana,and chiefly on Koati, are frogs of stone, and we diligentlyinquired of the Indians whether these had been perhapsrain-intercessors after the manner of thos
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