. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. Quichua Woman, Cerro de Pasco. (From a Photograph.) they remain distinct. In Piino, the few Qnichnas keep tothe north side of the city; the rest are Aymaras. Theentire population in Peru and Bolivia is abont half a mill-ion, the majority living in Bolivia. They are a pastoralpeople. What else could they be in a land without tim-ber or corn ? Like the Quichuas, they are almost entirelyvegetarian in diet, yet hardy, compactly built, with large 4:60 The Andes and the Amazons. heads, broad shoulders, long bodies, short arms an
. The Andes and the Amazon :|bor across the continent of South America. Quichua Woman, Cerro de Pasco. (From a Photograph.) they remain distinct. In Piino, the few Qnichnas keep tothe north side of the city; the rest are Aymaras. Theentire population in Peru and Bolivia is abont half a mill-ion, the majority living in Bolivia. They are a pastoralpeople. What else could they be in a land without tim-ber or corn ? Like the Quichuas, they are almost entirelyvegetarian in diet, yet hardy, compactly built, with large 4:60 The Andes and the Amazons. heads, broad shoulders, long bodies, short arms and legs,and small feet. Though of short stature, I noticed morepowerful men than among the Quichuas; but the womenare not so good-looking. The complexion is dark brown,the dwellers on the dry table-lands being darker thanthose in the moist valleys. The body is darker than tlie. Aymard Woman, Pano. (From a Photograph.) face.* After a free mixture for three hundred years,we would expect a complete fusion of both Aymaras andQuichuas with their conquerors; but they still maintaintheir integrity, and outnumber the Cholos. Evidently thelatter are not prolific. The Aymaras have no great vices. Like the Quichuas, * None of the South American tribes have the coppery hue of the NorthAmericans. The Aymaeas. 461 they are grave, and deferential to caballeros—always re-moving the hat vi^hen met on the highway. They alsodress similarly: the men with a broad-brim over a skull-cap, a poncho of llama-wool (natural color), short trousers,and hide sandals; the women with a short gown, blue,brown, or black, and a shawl {manta) of fine wool butcoarse texture, pinned with a large, spoon-shaped topo.
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