[198] See back, note at page 102.
[199] By my measurement the length is 400 yards.
[200] These three names, according to Garcillasso de la Vega, are not connected with the fortress, but belong to different parts of the city (ii, p. 246).
[201] See chapter xcii.
[202] Fibre of Agava tuberosa.
[203] Four hundred yards according to the Editor’s measurement.
[204] The largest stones are, by my measurements:—First, 10 feet high, by 6 broad; second, 16½ feet high, by 6 broad; third, 14 feet high, by 8 broad; fourth, 14 feet high, by 12 broad.
[205] Tomas Vasquez, one of the first conquerors, had a house in Cuzco, and an estate in Ayaviri. (See chapter iv.) He distinguished himself in the battle of Las Salinas, fighting against Almagro. He joined Giron in his insurrection, and commanded the rebel cavalry. At Pucara he deserted Giron, went over to the royal camp, and obtained a pardon. He retired to his estates, but was afterwards put to death by order of the Viceroy Marquis of Cañete in 1557.
[206] The siege of Cuzco by Manco Ynca, in 1526.
[207] This name is not clear in the manuscript. It may be La Rea. The Peruvian editor has Juan de la Plaza.