The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . s from those of the better classes. Againstthis chilly air there is no way of protection, since there isno timber, hence no clean combustible, in the land. Boththe Indian and the white are driven out of the house intosunshine, if there is any, and as long as it lasts. Should itbe a rainy day, or at night, crowding is the only way for theIndian to obtain warmth, and if to that crowding the addi-tional heat of a close kitchen can be added, life is renderedat least supportable. Leaving the door open, to let out thesmoke or from force of habit, the
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . s from those of the better classes. Againstthis chilly air there is no way of protection, since there isno timber, hence no clean combustible, in the land. Boththe Indian and the white are driven out of the house intosunshine, if there is any, and as long as it lasts. Should itbe a rainy day, or at night, crowding is the only way for theIndian to obtain warmth, and if to that crowding the addi-tional heat of a close kitchen can be added, life is renderedat least supportable. Leaving the door open, to let out thesmoke or from force of habit, the Indian family agglomer-ates, either in the dark or by the dim light of a rare tallowdip until one after the other falls asleep. Usually the doorof the dormitory is closed at night but rarely locked, al-though the doors of store-rooms are fastened.^^ Theneverybody slumbers, men, women, girls and children, on gallos, on ponchos, covered or uncovered, but never un-dressed. The Indian sleeps to-day very much as Cobo de- i c8 I o oO ,£1 O !=I ,i3 o. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 73 scribes it from early times: * Everywhere they sleep in thesame clothes in which they go about in the daytime, exceptthat the males take off the Yacolla and the women theLliclla; and when they rise in the morning all the dressingthey have to do is to shake and arrange their hair . . ^*The dress of to-day still preserves some primitive featureswith the addition of breeches and sometimes a jacket as wellas a shirt for the men, and of a chemise and skirts for thewomen. The ancient costumes are described as follows:Cieza de Leon mentions the pointed caps of the men, calledby him chucos,^^ whereas lluchu is the name nowgiven to them on the Island and on the Peninsula of Copa-cavana as well as at La Paz. Cobo, who gives the most de-tailed description, but who wrote nearly a century afterCieza, says of the costume: Their dress was simple andlimited itself to only two pieces, also plain and without lin-i
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