[308] “Principalmente se enseña en este Arte la lengua Lupaca, la qual no es inferior a la Pacasa, que entre todas las lenguas Aymaricas tiene el primer lugar.” Bertonio, Arte de la Lengua Aymara, p. 10.
[309] For measurements, etc., see David Forbes, in Journal of the London Ethnological Society, October, 1870.
[310] One of the most satisfactory descriptions of them is by E. G. Squier, Travels in Peru, Chaps. XV., XVI. (New York, 1877).
[311] The observations of David Forbes on the present architecture of the Aymaras lend strong support to his theory that the structures of Tiahuanuco, if not projected by that nation, were carried out by Aymara architects and workmen. See his remarks in Jour. of the London Ethnol. Soc., 1870, p. 259.
[312] D’Orbigny, L’Homme Américain, Tome I., p. 309.
[313] Quoted by A. Bastian.
[314] “Son estos Uros tan brutales que ellos mismos no se tienen por hombres.” Acosta, Historia de las Indias, p. 62 (Ed. 1591).
[315] “Los Indios Puquinas … son rudos y torpes.” La Vega, Comentarios Reales de los Incas, Lib. VII., cap. 4.
[316] Mithridates, Theil III., Abth. II., ss. 548-550.
[317] In the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1871, p. 305.