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Rimac,
1
met
with
a
poor
Spaniard
(for
there
are
some
poor
there,
as well as
here),
travelling
on
foot,
carrying
a
little
Girl
of
about
two
years
of
age
in
his
Armes
;
and
being
an
acquaintance
of
this
Pantoia,
he
asked
him
how
he
came
to
give
himself
the
trouble
of
carrying
that
burthen
;
to
which
the
person
that
was
on
foot,
replied,
that
he
was
poor,
and
had
not
money
to
hire
an
Indian
to
carry
it.
"In
this
discourse
with
him,
Pantoia
observed
that
his
mouth
was
full
of
the
Cuca
;
and
it
being,
at
that
time,
that
the
Spaniards
abhorred
all
things
which
the
Indians
did
eat
or
drink,
because
they
had been
abused
to
Idolatry,
and
particularly
they
hated
the
Cuca^
as
a
base
and
stinking
Weed,
which
gave
cause
to
Pantoia
to
ask
him
farther,
why
he,
being
a
Spaniards,
did
use
those
things
which
the
Spaniards
hated
;
for
his
necessities
could
never
be
so
great
as
to
compell
him
to
Meats
or
Customs
unlawfull.
To
which
the
Souldler
replied,
that
though
he abhorred
it
as
much
as
the
Spaniards,
yet
necessity
forced
him
to
imitate
the
Indians
therein
;
for
that
without
it
he
could
never
be
able
to
travell
and
carry
his
Burthen,
for
that
holding
it
in
his
mouth,
he
found
such
refresh-
ment
and
strength,
that
he
was
able
to
carry
his
Load,
and
perform
his
Journey
with
chearfulness.
Pantoia
wondring
at
this
Report,
related
to
many
others,
who,
afterwards,
making
the
same
experiment
thereof,
found
that
the
Indians
made
use
of
it
rather
for
their
refreshment
and
necessity,
than
for
any
pleasure
in
the
taste,
which
in
itself
is
not
very
pleasant
or
agreeable."
1
Lima.