Letters From Buenos Ayres And Chile, With An Original History of the Latter Country ..
Letters From Buenos Ayres And Chile, With An Original History of the Latter Country ..
Davie, John Constanse
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Al- though they can neither read nor write, yet they are very dex^terous at keeping accounts, which they do with their quipoes, a sort of line of different bigness, in which they make knots of several colours : by these they will keep as regu- lar an account of any thiog committed to their cace^ as though i% were writtea in a book. With these alone they will give an account of a considerable flock of sheep, — -will tell when and what number have been used by the family, what by the shepherd, wh...ether any died of sickness or casualty; and with every particular that hap- pened upon any occasiop, and what was done or said. When they go to confess, these quipoes s^rve them to i^emember their sins, and tell them with distinction and clesurness. They have, be- sides, excellent apiemories, and will relate things of long standing with as much accuracy as if they had be^n done but the day before. Tp prove the Digitized by Google 168 care they take to keep the memory of remarkable occurrences, I will relate what I learned from Father Diego Torros Bollo, a very excellent man, both for holiness of life, and skillin go- vernment.
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